Here we are, a couple of photos of the holly and ivy on my mantelpiece this morning, all ready for Christmas.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Cut some holly and ivy; these are stems I'd cut back anyway but by doing that now I can use them as Christmas greenery. I gave up on a Christmas...
I am very happy with crab apple Laura which I put in a couple of years ago. Naturally columnar habit, attractive flowers and foliage, and this...
You can find a local Arboricultural Association approved contractor on this page of their website - there's a box to search via postcode.I'd...
The photos are rather small, but my guess is a salvia, maybe Salvia uliginosa?
Lovely - and what a beautiful shape it is! You can enjoy that via the bare branches over the next few months, and then the leaves will start...
I think it will depend a bit on the soil; I guess with something light there could be issues with goodness draining away before you can use it....
Hydrangea Lanark White, which has done very well this year thanks to all the summer rain, with Sedum Purple Emperor dying back in the foreground...
Earlier in the month I emptied one of my two compost bins and used the contents to give the borders a winter mulch; that also gave me an empty bin...
I'd use fish blood and bone in the bottom of the hole, but not as a top dressing - here that attracts the foxes, and also my current dog (who is a...
I tear it into pieces the size of the palm of my hand, as I don't have a shredder. Works fine, and I agree about it encouraging the worms - my bin...
Rotating it was a good idea, but it still looks as if it lives in rather a dark corner - is it possible to rehome it somewhere lighter?It could...
Not a native wildflower but Mexican fleabane is perennial, establishing and seeding itself very readily in sunny, well-drained places and seems to...
I love salvias and they do well in my sheltered garden here in London. Very popular with the bees too as @strongylodon says.When I have lost...
Very nice indeed - they look great. Well done you! :)
A few shots taken in the garden at lunchtimeA pink dwarf waterlily, peeking out from beneath a ceratostigma in the currently rather weedy and...
Another vote for splitting it up, but I note that in the photos all the brown leaves seem to be on the window side - is that the case? Maybe they...
A Jersey Tiger moth - it appears to have taken up residence in my garden, fluttering between this berberis and the bathroom windowsill. As it does...
I do have a couple of clumps of it here - it's not especially stinky, just smellier than other irises if you cut the leaves! It thrives in a...
It's Iris foetidissima.
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