English Garden History
Cottage Gardens have a romantic feel with rose bowers, arches dripping with honeysuckle and trellis supporting hops and creepers. The art of topiary much seen in the grand Gardens on large estates was copied and adds a little bit of formality to ... [... more]
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Gertrude Jekyll
Roses to create a hedge or screen and cover a trellis, care for the posts and the use of chains or ropes as a means of allowing the roses to spread out. She praises the hardiness and beauty of the rugosa roses as the ideal rose to use for hedging ... [... more]
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English Gardening Word Glossary
Hardy – much used in England it means a plant that will be able to survive outside in the open throughout the winter in temperate climates. Catmint (Nepeta) which is hardy would be perfectly happy in zone 4 as would Dianthus barbatus or Sweet ... [... more]
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Lilac
Look out for standard varieties which are more expensive to buy but look wonderful in pots and can be moved to a site where you will see and smell them every day when they are in flower. It was introduced into England in the 16th century and ... [... more]
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Gardening Tips
Here's a good tip - plan your garden to reduce the work load as you get older, I know we don't think of ourselves as ageing but forward planning will mean that you still have a lovely garden but the digging and weeding tasks are reduced. This ... [... more]
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Gooseberries
Sometimes known as grosberry, feaberry or fayberries - gooseberries have been grown in England since the reign of Henry Vlll. Gooseberry juice used to be considered a good medicine for fever and in the sixteenth century the juice was thought to ... [... more]
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