Longing for Spring Usually, by mid-October, I welcome a break from the garden, if only to recharge the batteries. Ironically by the first week of December, I am longing for the return of Spring so that I can get … Continue reading →
The grey squirrels have returned for the winter, I guess they know where the easy pickings are. This morning one was silhouetted on the large Sycamore tree at early dawn. Great fun to watch them leaping from tree to tree, … Continue reading →
Viburnum Bodnantense Dawn Probably the shrub in Winter which is the most free-flowering, is Viburnum Bodnantense Dawn. White, pink-tinged fragrant flowers produced, in colder areas, January through till March. In milder spots, this shrub can flower off and on from … Continue reading →
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 →