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11th April 2021
If left unpruned any Epimedium looks awful when flowering in Spring. I hard cut them back right down to the plant crown around Christmas.
19th September 2020
Around 3 times a year, Carex grasses require some cutting back to keep a good visual structure. They tend to flop in a rather untidy manner leaving the centre crown much too opened. Cats in particular like to poo there.
30th October 2019
Grown close to a house can cause some non sense. The picture shows a Fuschia magellanica which has grown within the cavity wall of an old cottage, emerging through a window frame!
19th August 2019
10th June 2019
Usual leaf rosettes appeared around February time in a lawn which I've left untreated with fertlizer nor weedkiller for several years. As these rosettes looked like Orchids I've been cutting that lawn around each of them and the result is that…
24th April 2019
This is the right time to hard prune the Cornus species however a favourite of mine, Cornus alba sibirica variegata requires, in my view, a slightly different treatment. I like to keep the youngest stems from the previous year in order to get an…
9th June 2018
This is how an Arbutus unedo pruned as a “cloud” last summer is slowing developing into an attractive focal point. This type of pruning uses a Japanese pruning technique. It is actually quite easy and great fun to re-shape a mature shrub (or a…
5th December 2017
When all the herbaceous have died down in a border, the beauty of these Japanese Chrysanthemums are the joy of a December month. These spider form Chrysanthemums are the last to flower. A symbol of longevity and rejuvenation in the Japanese…