Beautiful Peonies are easy to grow. Far from being hot house flowers steeped in the myth that they are fickle, they are entirely hardy and will happily move with you if you change address. Few creatures will eat them, being unpalatable to slugs, snails, rabbits...
Lilac (Botanical name: Syringa) are large shrubs or small trees with highly scented flowers arranged in stunning cone-shaped spires in late spring. [caption id="attachment_53643" align="alignleft" width="300"] Lilac | Syringa Katherine Havermeyer[/caption] Lilac, despite the name, come in different colours including pink, white, purple, purple & white as...
Growing potatoes, especially new potatoes, can be very rewarding but there is a lot of jargon surrounding the practice. Here is our jargon-busting guide to growing potatoes. Seed potatoes - These are potatoes that you plant in the ground in order to produce a crop of...
It is the 1st March, but as I sit here writing there is heavy snow all around and it definitely still feels like the depths of winter. We have been busy knocking snow off the polytunnels and water tank to prevent them collapsing. Hopefully in...
Winter coloured stems are often over-looked for providing colour and structure in the garden. After the leaf colour of the autumn has gone and many plants have lost their leaves, there are several plants that shine out especially on a sunny winter’s day. Dogwood (Cornus) are...
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Christmas trees are now available from Greenshutters Garden Centre at Fivehead near Taunton. All our Christmas trees are British-grown and most prices are the same as last year. We have our usual top quality range of trees including the traditional Norway Spruce, the low-needle drop...
Earth, Mud, Dirt, Ground, these are all terms for what a gardener calls Soil. Its properties change when it reacts with water, being a sticky nuisance on our boots when it’s too wet, or blowing as dust in our eyes if not enough water is...
Patio trees, as the name suggests, are small trees that are suitable for growing in smallest of gardens. They can also provide a large garden with an attractive specimen plant in a pot, for example, a crab apple tree with blossom in spring followed by...