Springtime beauty...
Of all the spring blossom, it's hard to beat the delicate beauty of Cercis siliquastrum- the Judas tree- which flowers on bare branches...
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Wendy's Wellies
Feb 111 min read
Despite a long, wet winter so far there is always a little gem to find in the garden...
The tiniest area in the garden can still shine with winter colour and snowdrops, looking like little pearls amongst evergreen foliage,...
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Jun 7, 20231 min read
It's finally June...
and there is the slightest hint of summer warmth within touching distance after a VERY long winter. From the most simple of petals, to...
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Wendy's Wellies
Jan 20, 20231 min read
A 'Frozen' Winter continues...
It's not been an easy winter for garden lovers, with either continual, below freezing temperatures or torrential rain for months. But,...
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Wendy's Wellies
Mar 13, 20221 min read
Hello. It's been a while...
A house move has provided our own exciting new garden challenges as well as those of our clients. A first for us is inheriting the very...
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Wendy's Wellies
Jul 4, 20201 min read
There are few flowers so exotic looking than knifophia-
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,...
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Wendy's Wellies
Mar 1, 20201 min read
Pretty as a picture for the first day of spring.....
This gorgeous double primula, Pink Champagne, looks like a miniature rose as it's perfect tiny clusters of flowers open up in the March...
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Wendy's Wellies
Oct 16, 20191 min read
The architectural beauty of ornamental grasses
can never be underestimated, especially throughout the winter months. These beautiful plants provide texture, movement and colour and...
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Wendy's Wellies
Aug 29, 20191 min read
Creating the exotic jungle look......
...in the UK climate can be surprisingly easy if you choose the right plants. This wide corner is a particular favourite, built up with...
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Wendy's Wellies
Jul 12, 20191 min read
Roses, according to Greek Mythology, were created from the tears Aphrodite shed over Adonis.....
Floribunda, shrub, climber, ground-cover and patio- just a few of the types available. Roses will suit any border, whatever the style,...
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Wendy's Wellies
Jun 12, 20191 min read
Irises take their name from the Greek word for rainbow....
One of my favourite plants named after my favourite destination....... There are several hundred species in a rainbow of different...
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Wendy's Wellies
May 26, 20191 min read
At last, after at least seven years, the wisteria has flowered.......
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....
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Wendy's Wellies
May 16, 20191 min read
A clematis for any spot...
is Clematis Alpina "White Columbine". As you can see, ours is smothered in flowers this year and is especially pretty with it's delicate...
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Wendy's Wellies
Apr 21, 20191 min read
You can't beat a tulip.....
for injecting an array of colour into emerging spring borders. This is a snapshot from our 'hot border'. Tulips can provide a zing of...
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Wendy's Wellies
Mar 17, 20191 min read
What a spring star...
A very overlooked but rather beautiful spring flower, the Spring Star Flower (Ipheion Uniflorum) which makes a lovely clump forming...
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Wendy's Wellies
Mar 5, 20191 min read
Hellebores, also known as the Christmas rose....
They are beautiful little plants, with their delicate bowed-head flowers in a wonderful array of different colours and attractive...
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Wendy's Wellies
Feb 10, 20191 min read
Well, February is here....
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...
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Wendy's Wellies
Jan 20, 20191 min read
2019 is here....
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...
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Wendy's Wellies
Oct 14, 20181 min read
Can you believe it.....
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...
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