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My favourite Christmas trees are growing outside and will – I hope – never be brought into the house. I think I am safe on that score because you would need a crane to shift even the smallest one. There are 16 of them, all clipped to tight cone shapes and all made from yew, … Read more
Action plan: Nigel Colborn’s essential jobs for your garden this week Nigel Colborn shared his advice for nurturing hollies ahead of Christmas British gardening expert said cut holly should stay fresh in cold conditions He also answered a reader’s question sowing seeds from pelargoniums By Nigel Colborn for the Daily Mail Published: 22:03 GMT, 29 November 2020 … Read more
Blooms for all seasons: Plant versatile roses now and enjoy a colourful show next year Nigel Colborn says the soils are not yet too cold to plant bare-rooted plants He suggests that although the choice is infinite, always go for top performers He revealed the best growers in his garden include the climber R. Compassion By … Read more
When I was growing up, celery was served almost invariably as a summer salad vegetable – and it is very good like this. But cooked celery enriches almost any soup or stew, as well as being tasty in its own right. Celery and its close relative celeriac are both delicious now. Celeriac is cultivated for … Read more
From late winter through to June my greenhouses are used primarily for raising plants by the thousand – mostly annual flowers and vegetables grown from seed, but also cuttings, divisions and bulbs of any and everything that we fancy. It becomes a busy plant factory. Then in high summer it shifts into a space for … Read more
We have reached the tulip-planting season. In theory all other bulbs should be planted by now, leaving tulips till last. In practice, few of us achieve or even aim for that. I still have some daffodils and crocuses to plant and although it is something I should definitely hurry up and get on with, any … Read more
Action plan: Nigel Colborn’s essential jobs for your garden this week Gardening expert Nigel Colborn provides tips for preparing gardens for winter He warned gardeners that any tender and halfhardy plants should be brought in Also answered a reader’s question about growing honeysuckle in an apple tree By Nigel Colborn for the Daily Mail Published: … Read more
Action plan: Nigel Colborn’s essential jobs for your garden this week Gardening expert Nigel Colborn provides tips for preparing gardens for winter He warned gardeners that any tender and halfhardy plants should be brought in Also answered a reader’s question about growing honeysuckle in an apple tree By Nigel Colborn for the Daily Mail Published: … Read more
Monty revisits one of his classic books, Gardening at Longmeadow, in an occasional series. Biennials have adapted to survive the harshness of winter before restarting growth and flowering early in the new year, so now is the ideal time to plant them. The biennials we use most here are wallflowers. The basic wallflower has yellow … Read more
A dash of Autumn colour: Red, pink and gold — bulbs to brighten up the dullest of spaces Nigel Colborn shared advice for brightening up dull spaces with Autumn colours British gardening expert said small trees and shrubs can brighten a garden up Autumn is short-lived so the smaller the working space, the more selective … Read more