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Yellow Fellows

Continuing our colour coding of the garden, this week, if yellow is your thing, we bring you a host of butter-toned cultivars. Yellow is considered, in psychological circles, to effects one’s self esteem, specifically to trigger confidence or anxiety depending on the way in which it is presented. I think most people would probably say […]

Lopping the Limbs – A Guide to Winter Pruning Fruit Trees

Everybody loves fruit – it’s nature’s ice cream with more than forty flavours, it’s the backbone of our vitamin intake, not to mention a good looking addition to the garden. Those of us who have, are or will in the future, grow fruit trees will inevitably have to learn the art of proper pruning. While […]

Expanding your Horizons – Tricks to Make your Garden Look Bigger

While an experienced gardener will have a knack for best taking advantage of the space they’ve got, for example with the correct balance of small to large plants or how their borders are positioned, there is one magic trick none of us can perform and that is expanding the space itself. Of course, if Harry […]

True Blue

Continuing from our previous piece concerning the introduction of select colour schemes within the garden, we now bring you a variety of cool, blue cultivars to compliment the fiery shades we talked about last week. Floral and Hardy’s Top Five Blue Blooms: Aconitum Aconitum, aka ‘Monkshood’, previously appeared in our poisonous plants section and this […]

Sensory Gardens (if not necessarily sensible!)

To many, a garden is just a glorified bouquet, somewhere to apply an artistic touch and allow nature to do the leg work and, while the aesthetic appeal of this idea is undeniable, to truly appreciate all that a garden has to offer the senses, we cannot be resigned to be mere voyeurs. A garden can be so […]