Hydrangea quercifolia Snow Queen ('Flemygea')
oak-leaved hydrangea
A fantastic hydrangea, with bright green leaves shaped like giant oak leaves and large cones of white flowers in late summer. In...
Full spikes of white flowers that curtsey and flop over foliage that turns rust-red for an autumn encore - let it take centre stage
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Woodland
A sanctuary of peace and tranquillity with an overwhelming sense of calm, a woodland garden is an ideal place to get away from it all with natural shade and privacy. Based on a simple grouping of trees or even a single, multi-stemmed specimen, a woodland-
Read full articleHydrangeas - which one to choose?
Hydrangeas come in many guises, but the blue and pink mopheads and lacecaps that flower in summer are generally forms of Hydrangea macrophylla, an Asian species that prefers lots of summer rainfall and drier winters. This can be tricky in drier gardens, b
Read full articleThe autumn lipstick reds and pinks
Come autumn the flowers may be fading away, eclipsed by shorter and cooler days, but there’s still plenty of foliage whether on the ground, or held aloft against a sinking sun. Touches of lipstick-red, sombre-burgundy, orange-peel and mustard-seed glow in
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