June must be the month for Roses and many will continue to flower right through until the autumn. Most gardeners who grow roses know that rose bushes are pruned in early spring but beyond that knowledge gets a bit thin! So what should we be doing to help our roses give the best display for the longest time? Well clearly any...
Most gardens contain a smattering of climbing plants decorating house walls or reducing the impact of metres of wooden fencing. But there are plenty of imaginative ways to use climbers to provide more colour for a longer time if you use plants in combination. In this blog I explore a few different ways of getting more colour and joy into...
Pruning is done in winter for many trees, particularly fruit trees, and the instructions frequently use the phrase “prune to an outward facing bud”. I always feel that this is something of an oversimplification and it helps for gardeners to understand why this advice is given to help make the best decisions about where exactly to make those pruning cuts. Pruning to...
