Category Archives for Winter
Winter pruning trees and shrubs
– auf Deutsch lesen – The nights are getting cold, the last leaves are just being shed, the garden comes to rest. It is time for nature and man to rest and recuperate. Plants have a short break before the … Continue reading
The Advent season
– auf Deutsch lesen – It is that time of year again where much of the garden centre is being wrapped up and brought indoors for the wintertime. Each year I find it hard to see our plant-sales area become … Continue reading
Spring has arrived despite the arrival of Winter
– Zum deutschen Text – You notice every change in weather: every ray of sunshine that presents itself, the patter of rain, the drumming of hail. Even when in summer the thermometer rises to over 40 degrees C. the … Continue reading
Winterflowering Iris
Zur deutschen Version – May I firstly wish you a happy New gardening Year. I hope 2020 will be a floriferous one! It seems odd to think it is the start of a new year, and yet the temperatures outside … Continue reading
Evergreens which flower during the dark, cold season
Zur deutschen Version My last article in this series (and for this year) is about the courageous evergreen plants that flower despite the short, dark days and low temperatures. The winterflowering Heathers I already mentioned in my article last week. … Continue reading
Ericaceous plants for Winter effect
Zur deutschen Version For the past two weeks I have been writing about plants that provide valuable green colour in our monochrome wintery gardens and mentioned the Japanese art of using azaleas as clipped evergreen structure. Azaleas are part of … Continue reading
More Evergreens for the wintergarden
( German version) For the first Advents weekend I wrote about the evergreen shrubs in my small courtyard garden. However large or small a garden is, plants that retain their foliage during the wintermonths are invaluable, which is why I … Continue reading
