Category Archives: shrubs

Meet the Family!

Posted on January 22, 2021 by Cathy

I would like to invite you to meet my other family, my witches! Regular readers will know that I have a number of witch hazels which, not surprisingly, bring great pleasure at this time of year. Many of them are … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday: On Fire!

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Cathy
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Wordless Wednesday: a New Dawn

Posted on November 18, 2020 by Cathy
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Wordless Wednesday: Seasonal Sillies

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Cathy
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Wordless Wednesday: Shades

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Cathy
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Six Hatchlings on Saturday

Posted on June 6, 2020 by Cathy

It is always exciting when something in the garden flowers for the first time, or after a long absence – an occasion for the red carpet to be rolled out and for a tootle on a trumpet or, at the … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Pillaged

Posted on March 2, 2020 by Cathy

I will own up immediately to having pillaged these forsythia stems from our neighbour’s hedge, or was it the roadside verge? One or the other, anyway. In the past I generally would have shunned forsythia, both for its yellowness and … Continue reading →

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Ina Vase on Monday: In the Queue for Green

Posted on February 3, 2020 by Cathy

I turned to shrubs for In a Vase on Monday today, starting with a sprig of Skimmia japonica ‘Kew Green’ with its greenish flowers which helpfully pollinate the nearby ‘Kew White’ and enable the latter to give birth to a … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday: Promises, Promises

Posted on December 7, 2019 by Cathy

One of our neighbours is bereft when the UK television programme Gardeners’ World has its seasonal break, as for him this marks the end of the gardening year and a winter with no reason to go and potter in the … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday: Combo

Posted on August 10, 2019 by Cathy

Today’s six are all combinations that bring me pleasure. Do visit our host, Jon and his Propagator’s blog to see a wide range of other sixes from around the globe. I have shown the above combination many times, and as … Continue reading →

Posted in container & basket plants, cutting beds, foliage, Gardening, Gardens, herbaceous perennials, shrubs, Six on Saturday | 24 Comments