or red hot poker, as it's commonly known....rather a misnomer as it comes in a variety of hot colours. Fiery reds, bright oranges,...

This gorgeous double primula, Pink Champagne, looks like a miniature rose as it's perfect tiny clusters of flowers open up in the March...

can never be underestimated, especially throughout the winter months. These beautiful plants provide texture, movement and colour and...

...in the UK climate can be surprisingly easy if you choose the right plants. This wide corner is a particular favourite, built up with...

Floribunda, shrub, climber, ground-cover and patio- just a few of the types available. Roses will suit any border, whatever the style,...

One of my favourite plants named after my favourite destination....... There are several hundred species in a rainbow of different...

It must have been the stern talking to I gave it last month. The threat of being removed from our garden was obviously too much to bear....

is Clematis Alpina "White Columbine". As you can see, ours is smothered in flowers this year and is especially pretty with it's delicate...

for injecting an array of colour into emerging spring borders. This is a snapshot from our 'hot border'. Tulips can provide a zing of...

A very overlooked but rather beautiful spring flower, the Spring Star Flower (Ipheion Uniflorum) which makes a lovely clump forming...

They are beautiful little plants, with their delicate bowed-head flowers in a wonderful array of different colours and attractive...

The month of my birth, always cold and miserable. The anticipation and fun of Christmas and New Year are now a distant memory and it...

I can't believe we are already in the middle of January. We have recently seen the first real frosts of the winter so far. here in East...

This is the sight that greeted me this week. Just couldn't resist a sneaky pic of the early morning mist. It's October already but it's...