The garden in June is turbo-charged. Drifts of rain, bouts of sunshine and record-breaking heat make for prodigious growth, with visual exuberance at every turn. A gardener’s blog post at this time of year should therefore focus on images, not words. But this month, as I wander round the Dumfriesshire garden at various times ofContinue reading “Intermingling in the June garden”
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An A-Z of the 2024 garden: Roses
Roses are not my specialty. But they are nevertheless essential to most gardens. In the Dumfriesshire Garden the big rose feature is the rambler on the metal arch. We try to tidy it up every winter as it seems to get more and more unruly. But the effect can be fantastic. It’s had a reallyContinue reading “An A-Z of the 2024 garden: Roses”
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