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Growing fruit for birds

By Kate Bradbury on 23/11/2012 12:24:34

This autumn I intend to add to my collection of fruiting shrubs for birds. I’m going to take advantage of the fact that plants are available more cheaply now we’ve hit bare-root planting season.Unlike pot-grown specimens, bare-root plants are dug


My gardening year

By Kate Bradbury on 23/12/2010 12:16:02

pathetic, at the front of the border. Will I be more ruthless this year? I doubt it.I also, didn't grow enough shrubs, so my border lacks structure. I can see this clearly now in winter, as my herbaceous plants have gone to mush and there's nothing left


Summer bedding plants

By Kate Bradbury on 03/06/2011 19:02:56

moved towards more sustainable options in their municipal displays, growing shrubs and perennials to provide a long season of interest, and merely filling gaps with bedding rather than planting short-term annual bedding displays. A good example


Native plants

By Kate Bradbury on 04/12/2009 16:47:54

the drain, but I'm hoping the addition of a small tree and some shrubs and wildflowers will bring in a range of birds and insects.I was excited to discover which plants are native to my postcode. It turned out some familiar plants, such as foxglove


Snow plants

By Kate Bradbury on 07/01/2010 16:25:39

lack of moisture.If you're worried about branches breaking or becoming disfigured on your shrubs and trees, shake excess snow from them. You can support branches too - you're probably not using your washing line prop this week, so place it under a laden


Garden birds and the Big Garden Birdwatch

By Kate Bradbury on 14/01/2010 18:07:47

Garden Birdwatch.Birds will only visit gardens where they feel safe. The ideal bird-friendly garden has a mixture of trees and shrubs for birds to shelter in, a lawn from which ground-feeding birds can forage for ants and worms, and a wild, grassy area


Why are the birds ignoring their food?

By Kate Bradbury on 03/12/2010 15:29:13

grown, will provide cover for birds. The shrubs are tiny and don't yet provide any structure or sheltering opportunities. The teasels, cosmos and sunflowers I've left to seed stand like skinny stalks above flat, lifeless foliage. And I don't have a tree


Goldcrest encounter

By Kate Bradbury on 21/12/2012 15:05:39

. It was with a big gang of long-tailed tits that darted one by one between the shrubs with a little “deet deet deet”. I love long-tailed tits, and stood watching them for a while, when these tiny mouse-sized birds appeared. Their behaviour, shape and size were so


Growing plants for winter scent

By Kate Bradbury on 04/02/2013 17:03:52

garden. Unlike climbing varieties, including Lonicera periclymenum and Lonicera japonica, it’s not a climber but a shrub, bearing honey-scented white flowers along its branches. If you do invest in winter-flowering plans, grow them where you can take


Draining ponds

By Kate Bradbury on 09/04/2010 14:13:11

crucial time of year for wildlife? And it's not just ponds. In February I witnessed the clearing of shrubs and ivy by some councils - which were surely providing shelter for numerous hibernating creatures - and I've also seen contractors trimming hedges


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