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Archives for February 2012

Have you noticed this colour popping up recently?

February 28, 2012 By Jill Anderson Leave a Comment

Have you noticed this colour popping up recently?

There’s nothing quite like the warm spring weather we’ve had recently in the south-east of England to encourage anticipation of the gardening year ahead, so this seems like a good time to tell you about a colour trend that’s been popping up in gardens recently.  

Filed Under: Blog, Garden Design, Inspiration Tagged With: contemporary style, peony, pink, plants, RHS Chelsea Flower Show, roses, trends, valerian

Coloured stems and how to use them in your garden

February 20, 2012 By Jill Anderson Leave a Comment

Coloured stems and how to use them in your garden

It’s always lovely to find inspiring plants at this time of year, the coloured stems and interesting shapes of dogwoods and ornamental brambles look particularly good on bright winter days. This is Cornus sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’ 1.5m high x 80cm tall. It prefers damp soil and will grow in part-shade but it’s best planted where […]

Filed Under: Blog, Plants Tagged With: coloured winter stems., Cornus, dogwood, ornamental bramble, Rubus, Rubus biflorus, winter stems.

The Great Divide – garden design detail no. 1

February 12, 2012 By Jill Anderson Leave a Comment

The Great Divide – garden design detail no. 1

Why just settle for a fence when there are so many interesting ways to define the boundaries of your garden, or create enclosures within it.

Filed Under: Blog, Garden Design, Inspiration Tagged With: gabions, garden boundaries, green wall, hedge, pleached trees, sustainable hazel hurdles

Celebrate a diamond anniversary with roses

February 6, 2012 By Jill Anderson Leave a Comment

Celebrate a diamond anniversary with roses

Whether you’re an ardent royalist or just happy to have an extra bank holiday this year, you’re probably aware that 2012 is the year that Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her diamond jubilee, in fact she came to the throne exactly 60 years ago today on 6th Feb 1952 *

Filed Under: Blog, Inspiration, Plants Tagged With: diamond jubilee, Rose Jubilee Celebration, roses

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