"Hummingbird Flower" "The autumn leaves are falling fast with every squall that blows, theres lots of work in beds and border keeping gardener's on their toes"and I'm a poet and didn't know it !!   The garden takes on its new…

Another summer over with the tell tale signs in the garden of flowers fading, autumnal hues in the leaves, and cooler air as the nights are drawing in. One could get quite depressed as the blues set in and the temperatures drop. But hold…

It's warming up by mid day and cooling off quickly in the evenings. There's misty mornings, dew, and glistening spider webs  coating the shrubs, its not really autumn just yet, but there is a hint of it. It is 23C and…

  Hoheria angustifolia Chinese Necklace Popular View from Mediterranean Bank  Olympic fever has finally reached Weymouth because visitors have realised at last that West Dorset is not a mega traffic jam. There have been all sorts of foreign voices in the garden…

Photinia davidiana           Ok its been wet,dull and damp but there are some things in the garden besides slugs that like it. Us gardeners don't have to drag hoses around, bedding plants have been well watered…