Blooming & Pruning Specialist. Re-stocking Gardens since 2008. Mainly Sussex. Fully insured. Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Horticulture.
Pitter, patter raindrops falling on my head ….or not. Overlooked because it’s not glamorous. Liberal compost will keep gardens in prime condition. Overlooked. 2nd helpings to gardens still retaining moisture after NE winds & no rain. A decorator would never not prime or prep.
At last sunshine on the back this week.
Birds eye view. He’s oblivious to the #wisteria dormant buds budding. Years of not pruning left the wisteria reaching the second storey & getting under the roof tiles. Cut back to waist height last Winter.
#BikeBotanics at the weekend.
Did n’t find a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow but we found another Early Purple Spotted #orchid.
In the same verge as last year. Maybe the same one.
Lots achieved this weekend at home in the garden and up the #allotment.
Best part. Did n’t get round to cutting back the ornamental #grasses and then noticing a pair of reed #warblers taking up residence. A great reason to leave it til they decide to move on.
New to the arsenal of garden weaponry , an asparagus knife. Works wonders banishing deep rooted weeds like dandelion, creeping buttercup and other foes.
Mindful though not to despatch these self sown seedlings, lychnis, forget-me-not, poppies and honesty.
It’s s very #GoodFriday to see today these ornamental shrubs doing their business after a judicious pruning at the right time of year.
Japanese quince (chaenomeles), forthsyia and camellia.
A #cornus sibirica gets a timely Spring cut back to encourage new red shoots.
Hat’s off to saying goodbye to the wettest and most miserable March on record. Back from gardening leave and stepping in to better gardening months ahead. Winter garden work now showing true colours.