Goringfolly's Garden

A vigorous plant that will spread quickly. Useful in that it will grow almost anywhere. Very prickly and can suf...

This acer 'Red Dragon' is a dwarf variety and is almost like a Bonsai specimen. It gets better with age ...

This will grow to a substantial size if allowed to. The big clump with straplike leaves act as a focal point. I...

Taken in the conservatory where it has continual warmth.Grown from a small plant some 20 years ago it is almost ...

This the ordinary herb that can be used in so many ways.
It has culinery, medicinal and household uses. We use ...

Thrift likes a nice warm and essentially well drained position where it will form delightful little mounds of tu...

This is growing in dense shade with taller perennials around it. I have chosen a damp spot.

Easy to grow and quite quick.

This has been growing here in the conservatory since 1985. The base continues to get bigger as the stem slowly g...

Not sure what variety this is as it was in my garden when I arrived in 1982. The main reason to grow this is for...

Lovely powder blue variety which will grow as a bush although I am training it as a tree on a single stem.

Essential shrub for the garden. Nice scented shrub with milky white flowers and glossy dark green leaves. I prun...

Perfect for growing through shrubs and has a long flowering period. I do very little to mine apart from pruning ...

I grow this mainly for cutting. I think this prolongs the flowering and this pink has the most wonderful scent. ...

Likes a nice damp position out of the main sun. Cut the old leaves off regularly. Down here on the south coast I...

This is growing in an open and sunny position.

I bought a tiny rooted cutting in Tenerife 2003. It is now 4 feet high or so in a big pot in the conservatory. I...

I love this plant because the flowers last for such a long time and atract lots of bees.

I bought this in a Spanish nursery in 1983 when it was the size of a thimble! It now has a circumference of 139c...

A striking architectural plant that flowers in the summer. After the first crop of flowers I cut it down to wher...

This euphorbia is a lovely reddish colour and particularly attractive when young. It will also grow in dense sha...

Grows anywhere and self seeds easily. Seedlings can simply be pulled up or transplanted. They will often self se...

If creating a shrubbery this would be the first plant I would choose. Super glossy green leaves all year long wi...

Grown in the greenhouse it is always warm. If hot it is watered everyother day and fed once a week.

This has been by my pond for many years although recently I had to cut it in half when extending the pond. It is...

Lovely summer flowering perennial for the border.

Hostas like moist conditions and so do slugs and snails. The plant can be ruined in the early stages of growth u...

This was in the garden when I moved in over 26 years ago and always flowers. In the shade it remains the same si...

Nice compact variety with plenty of flower spikes in the summer.

I grow a lot of red Hot Pokers and this is one of my favourites. Forms a nice compact clump. Flowers in August/S...

This is a dwarf variety bearing creamy yellow flowers in the summer above grass like foliage.

I put this in 10 years ago. It is the best one to buy. Nice long yellow tassles and glossy leaves.

This is a nice compact variety but I find that I need to replace every four years or so. With this variety my st...

My main reason for growing is that the flowers last for such a long time. Needs protecting from slugs and plenty...

I find they prefer a damp and slightly shady spot.

In the shrubberry Summer 2007. I occassionally grow Lupins but treat them only as annuals although they will go ...

This plant was in my garden when I moved in 26 years ago and still going strong. Beautiful scented yellow flowwe...

Not sure of the exact variety as it is one that has been 'passed down' in the family. It seems to like a...

Spring flowering bulbs that multiply quite quickly. Lift and split up every few years. Nice in a vase.

At their best now in October. The leaves die back leaving wonderful pink flowers. I plant mine in the hottest dr...

Grown on the conservatory window sill in full sun. Regular watered and fed in the growing season. I leave it dry...

Easy to grow as long as it is in a warm spot indoors with lots of sun and is fed. Lovely waxy yellow flowers tha...

Not sure of the exact variety but it is the common one that is slightly hardier. I always take cuttings in the s...

This is an old fashioned Primula that has been in my garden for decades. It is hardy and will grow in shade. I a...

One of my favourite plants but seems to disappear after a few years. here I have put it in semi-shade by the sid...

This rockery form of Veronica makes good ground cover. Here it is in a hole in my patio. I clip it back after fl...

Low growing alpine plant only getting to 3cm. high.
Silvery leaves with tiny sulpher yellow flowers in the spring.

I bought this at Chelsea in 1987. It is a dwarf variety and there were seven to choose from. It always flowers w...

Another plant I cannot do without. It flowers relatively late in the summer providing me with cut flowers when t...

Nice edging plant for the side of a path. Best in sun but not too fussy. Delicate sprays of pinkish flowers in t...

Small perennial. Self seeds all over the place but very easy to pull out.

A useful house plant in that it requires semi-shade
Keep moist and mist frequently.

Almost certainly Spirea Arguta unless anyone corrects me. Masses of dainty white flowers on bare wood in early s...

A taller French Marigold which will make a bushy planty up to 30cm. Single striped flower.

A T&M variety with large heads in red and orange. I always grow marigolds for bedding as they have such a lo...

A single flowered variety that will flower all summer long.

I have this planted in my patio where it does not mind being walked on. It is only planted in a small hole and p...

Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Mariesii' is a deciduous shrub which grows to about 3 metres and has al...

This has longer tassles than some varieties and the leaves tend to appear earlier. Plenty of flowers in May but ...

A perfect Wisteria for a south facing wall. It will grow in most soils but takes at least 7 years to get going. ...

Can get into quite a big plant so give it plenty of space. The only problem I sometimes get is blackfly.