Gwenfar's Garden and other musings
Notes on growing ornamentals and edibles, and musings on other matters that interest me.
Thursday 28th March – Chionodoxa forbesiiFor my first #DailyPerennial I give you: Chionodoxa forbesiiwhich is also known as ‘Glory of the Snow’. It’s a fabulous Spring blue, though it’s only 10 cm tall. It looks good at the front of …
Read MoreDaily Perennials: Thu 28th March to Sun 31st March 2019
Crocus ‘spring beauty’ I love Hardy Perennials and most of the ornamental plants I grow fall into this category. On Mastodon (the great alternative to Twitter), I’ve been posting Daily Perennial photos and information, and also sharing everything under …
This post isn’t a ‘how to make’ a cut flower garden, rather it’s tips that Jonathan shared at a South Pennine Hardy Plant Society talk, 6th March 2019, based on his over 20 years experience. My first attempt of some …
Read MoreA cut flower garden – a few notes from a talk by florist Jonathan Moseley
For some years I’ve been enamoured of the idea to create a forest garden, an edible and fairly low maintenance way to grow food. It’s only with this garden that I realised that I had the right conditions to finally …