This Autumn has been long, drawn out and very mild, which has allowed many garden flowers to continue growing and flowering later than usual. This will stop abruptly when we have our first frost, but until then it’s a pleasure … Continue reading →
In the last few years I’ve become increasingly interested in – and fond of – ornamental grasses, but I didn’t have much experience of growing them. When Vanna and I designed the garden at the Belvedere Centre I decided I … Continue reading →
In October many wild flowers have faded or gone to seed, but Bristly Oxtongue, Helminthotheca echioides (formerly Picris echioides) is usually flowering and I have become rather fond of it, after encountering it on autumn holidays and walks. Bristly Oxtongue … Continue reading →