Ornamental Mixed Hedges
Planting a New Hedge – or Improving an Existing Hedge? Be bold – there are so many beautiful hedging options now available – hedging doesn’t have to be boring! […]
Overbeck’s – The Garden With A View
From North and South Sands you start the climb, higher and higher, up the winding hill, with stupendous views across Salcombe Estuary, all the way to the very clifftop – here you are amply rewarded for your effort by the fabulous coastal and tropical garden at Overbeck’s. […]
Blue Flowering Shrubs
Blue Themed Garden? Whether you’re tempted to create a blue colour themed garden, or wish to provide continuity of colour through the seasons, choosing plants and shrubs by colour alone is sometimes a necessary requirement. The coolness of blue flowering shrubs can be a foil, for hot contrasting colours such [...]
Gunnera Manicata in Spring
Gunnera Manicata is an ornamental perennial that is renowned for having the largest leaves of any plant you can grow outside in the UK climate, a single leaf has been recorded as reaching up to 11 feet across, although huge, this stupendous size is not that common. […]
Photina Red Robin – a plant for contrast
Evergreen Photina Red Robin is a perfect plant for achieving contrast in the garden. As its bright red new foliage emerges in spring and mingles with the clean, crisp dark green of the older leaves, Photinia Red Robin can create a startling colour / contrast effect in the garden when [...]
Camellias in Britain – an informal history
Camellias in Britain – an informal history Now that spring is in full flight and Camellias are in bloom all around us, it is natural to wonder how these exotic beauties first came to British shores. While in its native China and Japan, stories of the camellia [...]