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Unseasonal weather

By Kate Bradbury on 11/11/2011 12:39:58

the supermarket or my allotment. In November I want mists, cooking apples, fallen leaves and hoar frosts please.My daffodils are showing signs of bursting into growth. I just hope the primroses don't start into bloom. What, then would I have to look forward


Plants for winter scent

By James Alexander-Sinclair on 11/02/2008 10:54:00

are fattening, the earliest pussies are appearing on the willows (faintly interesting fact: in the Sound of Music, Marta - one of the cute kiddies - chooses pussy willow as one of her favourite things) and daffodils are pushing relentlessly upwards. I am not so


My favourite irises

By James Alexander-Sinclair on 03/06/2008 13:21:00

colour, from frilly-knicker-pink and daffodil yellow, to navy blue ruffs and watery marmalade. Some seek to combine all the colours of an ice-cream shop in one flower - which I think is a bit of an insult to a noble stalwart. Personally, I prefer


The greater bulb fly

By Richard Jones on 26/05/2010 11:52:22

. It is not one of those gardener-friendly hoverflies lauded for its voracious aphid-hunting larvae. Instead, its large glutinous maggots chew away at the insides of daffodil bulbs; at best leaving a large open wound in the damaged and weakened bulb, at worst


Plants for bees

By Gardeners' World on 20/10/2011 13:34:19

:Bluebell, bugle, crab apple, daffodil, flowering cherry and currant, forget-me-not (Myosotis), hawthorn, hellebore (Helleborus corsicus, H. foetidus), pulmonaria, pussy willow, rhododendron, rosemary, viburnum, thrift (Armeria maritima).Spring flowers


Lawns in small gardens

By on 24/04/2013 16:35:41

by planting bulbs. Try daffodils and crocus (tulips don’t grow well in grass) and don’t mow for six weeks after flowering, as this gives the leaves time to return nutrients to the bulb.Plant bulbs in your lawnBare patches can develop where a lawn is regularly


Blue-flowering bulbs

By Gardeners' World on 20/10/2011 13:28:44

Blue bulbsBlue is one of my favourite colours in the garden. Every year, I eagerly scour catalogues and flower-show exhibits for new varieties of blue-flowering bulbs. Plan ahead so you can enjoy a sea of blue in February, before the daffodils


Bumblebees and climate change

By Richard Jones on 13/03/2013 13:04:46

if we don’t get total extinction, we are likely to suffer biodiversity loss.Anyway, back to gardens. I had hoped to bring a live bumblebee into class. The very day before I had seen a huge buff-tailed (Bombus terrestris) queen sniffing out the daffodils


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