by Sue Jeffries | Aug 30, 2018 | Autumn colour, Small Trees, Trees
Autumn Colour with Small Garden Trees When many flowering plants are finishing for the year you can still have autumn colour with small garden trees through their leaves and berries. When choosing trees for a small garden you need to check the eventual height and...
by Sue Jeffries | Aug 30, 2018 | Long flowering, Low growing, Shade
Long Flowering Still looking beautiful as summer slides into autumn, the long flowering Viola cornuta is a small (up to 15cm), but tough, border plant . Its clear blue flowers start in late spring and continue all the way through to September. It performs well in...
by Sue Jeffries | Aug 9, 2018 | Garden Design
Colour Schemes Pick a limited range of colours you like and stick to those. This will give your garden a clear theme and make it pleasing to look at. People tend to choose purple/pink/blue/white or yellow/orange/red. But contrasts with purple/orange/yellow can also...
by Sue Jeffries | Aug 9, 2018 | Beds & Borders, Scent
Scent is often something that is overlooked when we are choosing plants for our garden. We are captivated by flowers and colours and forget the added pleasure of fragrance. During this long, warm and dry summer I’ve been sitting outside in my garden almost...
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