It's been a long wait this year but at last we have Rhododendrons, Magnolias and Camellias in full flower now. I feel we are behind two weeks on last year. With so many plants being held back with the cool…

Well we've just had a run of three dry weeks and the ground has shown signs of drying up, just enough to be able to get the tractor and trailer out and about with loads of lovely well rotted muck…

I've known far worse winters, although not quite so wet !!  I realize it is only early February but one senses spring is just around the corner. Snow is still predicted up north but us soft southerners are already packing away the…

    Winter berriesModern art ? or cosy Cycads !!  Camellia sasanqua 'Crimson King'Well here we are again, we've finished wrapping up some of our more tenderBananas,Cycads and Palms, with still some more wood chipping mulch to go around the…

"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…