In the harsh sun of August, flower-colours can look washed-out and flat. What is needed are some plants that will shine brightly in high summer, popping and fizzing in answer to glaring light. Don your shades, here we go with some of our favourite zingers……… 1. What wonderful summer-flowerers perennial phloxes are! They like sun and good […]
How do you feel about foliage? Is it just there to provide life-support for your flowers….or can it be the very star of your show? We’ve picked 10 plants that we reckon you could happily grow for their foliage alone, but which of our choices chime the most with you? It has grey-green pinnate leaves […]
Here we are at the August Bank Holiday and no one can deny that the glorious explosion of summer garden colour is behind us. But early autumn has its real joys too! Don’t forget to savour them as we get on with tasks like sowing some parsley, nurturing self-sown seedlings and picking up bargains……. Cut-price […]