The Grower's Notebook
Cutting back perennials: balancing winter inter...
Cutting back perennials is a gradual, plant-by-plant process, not a single autumn tidy-up. We share our nursery observations on balancing winter seedheads, wildlife shelter and plant protection, with practical advice...
Cutting back perennials: balancing winter inter...
Cutting back perennials is a gradual, plant-by-plant process, not a single autumn tidy-up. We share our nursery observations on balancing winter seedheads, wildlife shelter and plant protection, with practical advice...
Helleborus × hybridus — How to Grow Hellebores
Helleborus × hybridus — the Lenten Rose — produces its nodding blooms in the depths of winter, when colour in the garden is most needed. Modern cultivars extend the season further still, with...
Helleborus × hybridus — How to Grow Hellebores
Helleborus × hybridus — the Lenten Rose — produces its nodding blooms in the depths of winter, when colour in the garden is most needed. Modern cultivars extend the season further still, with...
Why Autumn is the Best Time to Plant Hardy Pere...
Autumn is one of the best times of year to plant hardy perennials — and yet, for reasons that are hard to fathom, it has rather fallen out of fashion....
Why Autumn is the Best Time to Plant Hardy Pere...
Autumn is one of the best times of year to plant hardy perennials — and yet, for reasons that are hard to fathom, it has rather fallen out of fashion....
Echinacea — The Coneflower That Earns Its Place...
Echinacea are among the most rewarding perennials you can grow — bold, long-flowering, loved by pollinators, and beautiful even in winter. In this Grower’s Notebook guide, we explore the history...
Echinacea — The Coneflower That Earns Its Place...
Echinacea are among the most rewarding perennials you can grow — bold, long-flowering, loved by pollinators, and beautiful even in winter. In this Grower’s Notebook guide, we explore the history...
Viola 'Avril Lawson' — Rosy's Favourite Viola a...
Viola 'Avril Lawson' is one of Rosy's favourite Violas and a Hardy family favourite — fragrant, free-flowering, and a sublime companion for roses. Its story begins at Dove Cottage in...
Viola 'Avril Lawson' — Rosy's Favourite Viola a...
Viola 'Avril Lawson' is one of Rosy's favourite Violas and a Hardy family favourite — fragrant, free-flowering, and a sublime companion for roses. Its story begins at Dove Cottage in...
Gaillardia ‘Apricot Honey’ — Ahead of Its Time
The story of Gaillardia 'Apricot Honey' begins with a chance seedling spotted by Rosy in 2002 — a discovery the RHS called 'an important colour break'. Sixteen years later came...
Gaillardia ‘Apricot Honey’ — Ahead of Its Time
The story of Gaillardia 'Apricot Honey' begins with a chance seedling spotted by Rosy in 2002 — a discovery the RHS called 'an important colour break'. Sixteen years later came...