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On the border

On the border

11:30am Saturday 6th September 2008

We’re sick of the rain and sitting outside has been hopeless this summer, but Gina Parkinson finds that the garden doesn’t seem to mind.

Shrubbing along nicely

Hydrangea paniculata kyushu

10:48am Saturday 30th August 2008

Love them or hate them, there is more to hydrangeas than the gaudy mop heads, discovers Gina Parkinson.

Shaggy tales

Shasta daisy

9:20am Saturday 23rd August 2008

Emerging courgettes and a shaggy daisy are on Gina Parkinson’s mind this week.

Getting prickly

The sea holly eryngium tripartitum

11:27am Saturday 16th August 2008

Gloves at the ready, Gina Parkinson inspects an invading thistle which will have to go, and nurtures one she does want in the garden.

That’s lush

Courgette plants.

10:49am Saturday 9th August 2008

Gina Parkinson returns from holiday to see what state her garden is in.

Looking out for changes

Helenium “Moorheim Beauty” with calamagrostis x acutiflora “Overdram”

12:21pm Saturday 2nd August 2008

Late summer colours are here, says GINA PARKINSON.

Container joy

Hanging basket with pink fuschia plant

1:04pm Saturday 26th July 2008

Gina Parkinson revels in the delights of mid-summer and its colourful greetings.

Let’s nail those snails

Hosta Wide Brim

11:10am Saturday 19th July 2008

Hostas so often end up being eaten by snails, but Gina Parkinson decides to give them another try – armed with some coffee grounds.

Shower power

Alchemilla mollis with raindrops

11:14am Saturday 12th July 2008

Gina Parkinson enjoys a self-seeding common garden plant that glistens in the rain.

This one’s a real petal

Gillenia trifoliata

11:51am Saturday 5th July 2008

Gina Parkinson finds a shrub with lance-shaped leaves that is happy in the July garden – and plenty of roses in bloom, too.


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