Winter Flowering Jasmine Nudiflorum. An extremely reliable shrub is the Winter Flowering Jasmine Nudiflorum or more often treated as a climber, it was introduced from China in 1844. The long flexible stems can be trained on or over horizontal wires and … Continue reading →
Callicarpa (beauty Berry), now here is a hardy shrub that really jumps out at you in Autumn. The hardiest variety Callicarpa Bodinieri Var Giraldii Profusion now that’s a handful of a name. This is truly a lovely deciduous shrub with … Continue reading →
Garden birds First real sign of the cold weather setting in now, I honestly cannot remember a September and October as mild as these two months have been this year. If this is a sign of global warming all I … Continue reading →
Dog tooth lilies Erythroniums (Dog Tooth Lilies) just have to be one of the most perfect of plants for a woodland setting Producing nodding, lily-like blooms on slender stems in the spring, in fact they will flower well in any semi-shaded situation … Continue reading →