I’m interested in contrasting and complimentary shapes so experimented in this south-facing border with irises, alliums, box and daisies backed with wisteria, roses and clematis. My colour palette for this bed was shades of greens and purples, with white highlights. The box balls echo the round shapes of Allium Purple Sensation and daisies, with the iris providing...
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Spring is all about detail as tiny flowers in bright colours vie for your attention, then there is a massive surge as whole trees are covered in blossom! Click here to open the gallery.Powered by Cincopa wp content plugins solution for your website and Cincopa MediaSend for file transfer.
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It’s so exciting seeing bulbs erupt with such an explosion of colour! Have a look at these beautiful tulips and spring bulbs at Childwickbury. Click here to open the gallery.Powered by Cincopa wp content plugins solution for your website and Cincopa MediaSend for file transfer.
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I was given some seed bombs for Mothers’ Day. They are fascinating and full of promise! The seed bombs are firm and heavy with seeds and earth packed tightly together. These ones were made into cakes with an embossed motif on the top and were the size of a chocolate brownie, but one contains the seeds of red clover Trifolium pratense and the other of wild...
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Childwickbury on the first day of spring and already showing signs that the seasons are changing. Robust Helleborus x hybridus and delicate Crocus Queen of the Blues have both escaped being eaten by deer and rabbits.
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‘At Heartwood Forest near Sandridge, St Albans, the creation of England’s largest new native forest is well underway. We have ambitious plans to create an 858 acre woodland with a total of 600,000 newly planted trees, all planted by volunteers. There will also be a community orchard, new wildflower meadows, open spaces and miles of footpaths and bridleways ...
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The lovely people at Palmstead Nurseries in Kent delivered our plants on Friday 4 March 2011 and we were able to get started. We used all the compost in the compost heap to enrich the soil then got to work setting plants out and planting up. I encourage planting with my clients and today the three of us were able to enrich the soil, set out and plant up in four...
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Reading bulb catalogues in January is pure escapism! I received catalogues from Bloms Bulbs and Avon Bulbs through the post this weekend and I’ve been totally taken in with the dream of growing perfect plants, heady with scent and rich in colour. While I was drooling over lilies, Lilium nepalense caught my eye; it has maroon and chartreuse nodding flowers, 80cm...
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