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Autumn: Fagus sylvatica – common beech

10 September 202027 November 2019

 Fagus sylvatica hedge (right), and the north-facing hedge flower borders When we first viewed our home, one of the things that quickly won me over was the beech hedge separating our garden from our neighbour’s. Unlike a fence that blocks …

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Categories Autumn, Shrubs, Trees

Autumn: Cornus ‘Norman Hadden’

10 September 202014 November 2019

My friend Kate, and I, took a stroll/roll* around Sheffield Botanical Gardens the other day. As always, there was something interesting to find in the gardens. This time, it was this ‘shrub’, Cornus ‘Norman Hadden’. As you can probably tell, …

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Categories Autumn, Forest Garden, Sheffield Botanical Gardens, Shrubs, Stroll/roll, Trees

Wordless Wednesday 5th December 2018: Callicarpa bodinieri var giraldii ‘Profusion’

5 December 2018

 

Categories Hardy Perennial, Shrubs, winter, Wordless Wednesday

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