With the hounds of hell baying at the door tonight (gales) I expect very few leaves to be left on the branches of this fine little selection of one year old Japanese maple grafts. Although this is their first season... [more]
There is no Journal today as we are doing a live internet radio show;
This is the last show of the series.
You can listen by visiting the www.radioteesdale.co.uk website and clicking the “Listen Live” button.
The broadcast is between 7.00pm &... [more]
The winged, corky branches of Euonymus alatus (spindle) make it one of the most interesting of shrubs, the branching habit is prolific and it will make a dense shrub in time. Supposedly slow growing, yet I have never found this... [more]
At the age of sixteen I was once advised by my Head Gardener Alf to join either the Socialist Workers Party or the Labour Party, he reckoned I’d be dead certain to get laid because I was a real little... [more]
This is the third plant I want to feature from Cally gardens. www.callygardens.co.uk.
This is a hardy Fuchsia named ‘Logan Woods’ and is particularly attractive with its white tipped petals. It has proven to be very hardy with me at Barningham... [more]