Monthly Archives: October 2010

Keeping a Winter landscape

Autumn is well under way now and it is time to decide whether to cut down your perennials and leave the border bare but tidy or to leave everything standing as a refuge for over-wintering insects and a canvas for … Continue reading

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Grasses and late-flowering perennials

October is a wonderful month for flowering grasses such as Miscanthus and Pennisetum and for late-flowering perennials such as Asters and Aconites. Fabulous colour can now be seen on the hawthorns and June-berry.

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Prairie garden near Moreton-in-Marsh

We have recently been back to see the prairie garden we built near Morton-in-Marsh three years ago. The border has established well and looks absolutely fabulous! The colours and scale suit a traditional Cotswold country house and garden and is … Continue reading

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