Guides & Tips
National collection of Nerines
Ed (my son) has taken over Steve Eyres’ collection of tender Nerine sarniensis cultivars. Steve had to move house and no longer had anywhere to house them. It’s a bit of a responsibility. Nerines are those astonishing sparkling lily-like flowers that flower autumn...
Plants for bees
There are around 25,000 species of bees worldwide – but only 270 species found in Britain. All bees are vitally important due to their intimate relationship with flowering plants.
Selecting Dahlia varieties
Ed Brown looks at what to look for when selecting potential new Dahlia varieties.
Snowdrops
There is a huge variety of the ever popular snowdrop – Galanthus genus. For many, they are a favourite first flower in the garden but can stretch over a longer season than you might imagine. Galanthus reginae-olgae are the first to make an appearance in November...
Spurges
Years ago – maybe as far back as 1985 – Anne Jenner took a census of HPS members favourite plants, or maybe it was their most wanted plants or what they were growing, but anyway, she took a census and to her surprise euphorbias were right there at the top of the...
Unusual winter weather
In this ever changing climate and with the perils of global warming upon us; it is important to remember how unpredictable weather can affect the garden.
Welsh Poppies
They mostly come in yellow but if you weed out the yellow ones you’ll get oranges and reds. However, whether they’re yellow, orange or red lots of gardeners complain about them because they’re voracious self-seeders, seeding across gardens destroying colour schemes. ...