Foxgloves

The lazy days of summer

Days Out, Fruit and Vegetables, Garden Design, Gardening, Landscaping, Leisure time in the garden, Pests and Diseases, Planting, Summer annuals, borders, Ceonothus, Colour, deadheading, Escallonia, feeding, flowers, Foxgloves, frost, garden, gardening, geraniums, irises, July, lupins, perennials, Philadelphus, Physocarpus, pots and containers, pruning, rhizones, scent, seed, semi-ripe, watering, weeding, Weigela, wisterial, work

I love the July garden, even mine, which although a work in progress has borders beautifully full to bursting and full of colour and scent. Ideally at this time of year we should all be enjoying our gardens and the fruits of our labour. Everything is at its peak and looking great so we should […]

In the shade

Gardening, Planting, Spring bark chippings, blue flowers, Brunnera 'Jack Frost', compacted, compost, conifer, Cyclamen, dry shade, Euonymus, foliage, fork, Foxgloves, garage, garden, grass, hedges, horticulture, inspiration, Lamium, moisture, nettles, organic matter, plant, rake, shed, Shrubs, silvery leaves, soil, Trees, Vinca minor

Often the trickiest area in most gardens is the bit where it is shady or dry, or both. Whether shaded by trees and shrubs or buildings, garages or sheds, most people wring their hands in despair when it comes to knowing what to do with these often dark and forlorn corners of the garden. However, […]