Sedum Herbstfreude

I'm getting out of season again, though I am looking at late summer colour for another project and remembered this combination of grasses with sedums. Simple, long lasting impact - fresh greens for spring, neat habit, darkening flower heads, winter interest with grasses. Hmm...

My Own Garden: Atbara Road 2009-2012

A little slide show featuring my own garden (well, it is only fair) from 2009 through to last autumn. Set behind a red brick Victorian (1895) house in Teddington, near to the Lock and River Thames. Richmond and Kingston are a short walk away. North west-facing, the sun lights up the end of the garden…

Euphorbia – a plant for all seasons

Colourful shoots, foliage and flowers in a shifting range of appealing combinations - Euphorbias come in a variety of styles, both evergreen and deciduous perennials, some shrub like and in all foliage colours from fresh green, lime, blue-greys and variegated, whites, reds, oranges and purples. Euphorbia myrsinites (above), a rock plant with great spring interest.…