Once upon a time it was October, then June, and more recently it has become May. I have decided the fifth month of the year has become, at least for the moment, my favourite in the gardening calendar. And what a May this year brought us. From late frosts, to torrential rain, then finally aContinue reading “The May garden of 2026 in thoughts and pictures”
Category Archives: Ferns
An A-Z of 2024 in the garden: Ferns
The fern by the water in the featured image here comes from the edge of the Dumfriesshire Garden. This large plant with its gorgeous fronds spreading gently down to the water of the Pennyland Burn is growing wild. I’m fortunate to have such beauty in the ‘borrowed landscape’. There are indeed many native ferns inContinue reading “An A-Z of 2024 in the garden: Ferns”
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