Edgeworthia Chrysantha – Another Winter Flowering Wonder
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Nothing cheers the gardener’s heart quite like a winter flowering wonder. The Mahonia x Media hybrids certainly fit the bill. Sturdy, hardy, evergreen with a good architectural structure, Mahonia x Media Charity and the smaller Mahonia x Media Winter Sun are an excellent choice if you are seeking a winter [...]
One of the best additions to the Autumn and Winter gardens is to introduce plants and shrubs that produce berries. These not only create wonderful colour in the garden, if chosen well they will also provide wildlife with a much needed helping hand at this time of the year. Birds [...]
Winter flowering Camellia Sasanqua is perhaps less well known than its spring flowering relative Camellia Japonica. Nevertheless, Camellia Sasanquas, such as the lovely Camellia Sasanqua Cleopatra White are a garden treasure, bringing uplifting colour and fragrance to the garden from autumn right through to early spring – exactly when it’s [...]
The best time to plant Camellias in the UK is undoubtedly the Autumn and early winter, it’s logical when you think of it, just like the sea, the soil begins to warm from Spring onwards, by the end of the summer and in early autumn the soil is at its [...]
Right now, in the very earliest days of Autumn – with still the chance of late summer days, is the absolute best time to plant Magnolia. […]