More to gladioli than Dame Edna!
by Sally Gregson. IN many people’s minds gladioli will forever be associated with the gloriously daft Dame Edna Everage. Every...
The sweet smell of shrubs in winter
by Sally Gregson. ONE of the joys of the winter garden is the flowering of some of the best scented...
Patient approach best with hedges
by Sally Gregson. DURING the winter months the structure of a garden becomes more apparent – the lines of fencing...
Climbing roses have simple demands
by Sally Gregson. PERHAPS the archetypical flower of any English garden is the rose. More pages have been written, more...
Winter pots and containers
By Sally Gregson. When the frosts have all but destroyed the autumn-planted pots of pansies, and the cold weather has...
What will 2023 bring for gardeners?
RHS chief horticulturalist, Guy Barter, on what to expect this year… Planet-friendly gardening Our 2023 predictions are centred on the...
Spring green for winter gardens
By Sally Gregson. In winter gardeners tend to rely on evergreens and the occasional spark of flower to give their...
Time to call in a garden designer?
By Sally Gregson. At this season, and especially last year, we have looked at our gardens struggling through the long...
It’s time for a re-think on conifers
By Sally Gregson. IT often comes as a surprise that plants suffer the vagaries of fashion but it seems that...
Ins and outs of sowing pelargoniums
By Sally Gregson. AFTER the pleasures and pains of Christmas are over and gone for another year, there is a...
