by Janine Winlaw | Dec 14, 2020 | Features, Home and Garden, SE Magazines
It’s chilly out there, the lawn’s looking muddy and the borders tatty, but a bit of tidying now will make the garden look neat over the Christmas period and get you one step ahead for spring… Cut back… …but don’t be too tidy. Some perennials such as sedum have...
by Janine Winlaw | Nov 27, 2020 | Home and Garden, SE Magazines
The best evergreen climbers Evergreen climbers are one of the most useful plants in city gardens. Covering fences in green foliage, they blur boundaries and create a lush backdrop for planting throughout the year. There are lots to choose from, all offering something...
by Janine Winlaw | Oct 26, 2020 | Home and Garden, Local News, News, SE Magazines
There’s nothing more satisfying, tasty and healthy than picking and eating your own homegrown apples. And with pretty pink- tinged blossom in spring and glowing autumn fruit, an apple tree adds an attractive and romantic feel to a garden and is wonderful for wildlife...
by Janine Winlaw | Sep 16, 2020 | Home and Garden, Local News, SE Magazines
Late summer is when many grasses come into their own, with golden seed heads shimmering and swaying in the breeze. They look great in big drifts, acting like a neutral foil to colourful late flowering perennials like echinacea, gaura, anemones, sedums and Verbena...
by Janine Winlaw | Aug 12, 2020 | Home and Garden, Local News, News, SE Magazines
Plants adapted to climate change With summers generally getting hotter, it makes sense to use plants in the garden that once established won’t need regular watering. Beth Chatto’s gravel garden and the RHS Hyde Hall’s dry garden, both in Essex, are fantastic examples...
