by Janine Winlaw | Aug 9, 2024 | Home and Garden, SE Magazines
Sedums, or Hylotelephium as they’ve been renamed are beginning to develop the wonderful flat umbels of tiny pink flowers at this time of year as summer progresses. Not only do they look fabulous, but they are bee magnets too. These slowly turn to deeper shades of pink...
by Janine Winlaw | Jul 12, 2024 | Home and Garden, SE Magazines
There’s something lovely about a garden alive with bees industriously going about their work. They are also vital for pollinating our food, such as nuts, vegetables and fruit. But since they’re sadly in decline due to a loss of habitats and the use of pesticides, the...
by Janine Winlaw | Jun 26, 2024 | Home and Garden, SE Magazines
There’s nothing nicer – or healthier – than cooking with fresh herbs picked from your own garden. Most are easy to grow and look fab, whether in borders, containers or raised beds. Mediterranean varieties prefer sun and free-draining soil – add coarse grit...
by Janine Winlaw | May 22, 2024 | Home and Garden
Culinary sage, Salvia officinalis, is a useful herb that holds its leaves over winter and makes a great addition to planting, in a border or pot. The purple variety is particularly ornamental. But there are thousands more salvias to choose from in a...
by Janine Winlaw | Feb 24, 2023 | Featured Business, Features, Home, Home and Garden, News, People, SE Magazines
Uplifting winter flowering shrubs Gardens often feel a bit bleak at this time of year, but winter flowering shrubs can keep the beauty, colour and scent going throughout the colder months. The flowers on these shrubs tend to have a particularly powerful...
