This is when a few perennial clumps start acknowledging that they’ve been having too much fun. There’s plenty of growth on the daylily but not…
August is supposed to be the lazy month in the garden. Supposed to be… The deck chair is waiting, the tomatoes need eating and, after…
“Bit late for sowing, isn’t it?” That is my neighbor, over the fence, watching me tear open seed packets in the middle of July. And…
There’s a cruel little joke the garden plays on us gardeners every year. In June, all abundance – geraniums frothing over the path, catmint humming…
How sad is it when peonies stop blooming? It’s like they are telling us that spring is gone, and the hot season is coming –…
I don’t know a single person who doesn’t love roses, do you? They are so romantic, some have an amazing fragrance, they come in so…
Look, we’ve all been there. It’s mid-June, you look out at your garden, and you just… sigh. The tulips are dead and gone, the peonies…
The heavy, sweet scent of spring is completely gone, and your garden paths are likely covered in a papery brown carpet of spent petals. And…
Your borders gave you a glorious first flush in May, didn’t they? And now, in June, half of them are flopping open, going leggy, browning…
Irises after flowering can look a bit… tired. One week, they are exploding with those extraordinary ruffled blooms in shades of violet, lavender, buttery cream,…