May is when my garden really starts gowing and blooming and this year thanks to all the Forget me nots I have a full border. I seem to have a garden full of mauve, yellow and purple flowers. Not a white or red bloom to be seen. The Wallflower ‘Bowles Mauve’, Aquileja and Geranium ‘Bill […]
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My Top 10 Slug and Snail Resistent Plants
Be careful with that caterpillar, don’t step on that worm, and watch that spider, are all phrases you’ll hear me say to my son. Like most parents I’m trying to teach him to value life and how to look after the wildlife and bugs in our garden. However when it comes to slugs and […]
Floral Friday – Aquilegia – Family Friendly Plants
Aquilegia If you know this flower, other names for it are Columbine and Grandma Bonnets; you may be saying what so family friendly about it? It is a cottage garden plant with thin stems holding up the very pretty flower heads which could easily get knocked by a ball or trampled upon. I say yes […]
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