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Early risers

impressive sight: Pulmonaria longifolia “Diana Clare”

11:40am Saturday 6th February 2010

GINA PARKINSON welcomes the appearance of new growth.

On the rise

WINTER REDS: The coloured-stemmed dogwood, Cornus Alba

12:19pm Saturday 30th January 2010

GINA PARKINSON gets excited as spring creeps ever closer.

Lenten lights

Lenten lights

9:56am Saturday 23rd January 2010

Lenten roses are quite expensive to buy, but careful work can produce results with these lovely winter flowers, says GINA PARKINSON.

Bamboo boost

Golden bamboo

8:30am Saturday 16th January 2010

The cold has kept GINA PARKINSON indoors, but a glimpse of a favourite evergreen sets her mind to jobs to do.

A garden in winter

A garden in winter

12:34pm Saturday 9th January 2010

It’s too cold to do much in the garden, but a quick visit outside shows GINA PARKINSON that there are signs of life beneath the frost and snow.

What a berry good time

What a berry good time

11:18am Saturday 12th December 2009

GINA PARKINSON wraps up her gardening year with thoughts of seasonal leaves and berries.

A slow slump

A slow slump

10:40am Saturday 5th December 2009

As the garden winds up for the year, GINA PARKINSON finds there is still plenty to do, such as clearing away any summer annuals that are still clinging on.

The last blooms

Viburnum tinus

11:00am Saturday 28th November 2009

Glimpses of lost summer can still be found as the autumn garden enters its slow decline, finds GINA PARKINSON.

Brighter later

Cyclamen and Euonymus Harlequin

11:27am Saturday 21st November 2009

The November garden can be many things, but wet, windy and quite mild has it covered, finds GINA PARKINSON.

Warming colours

Sedum and Michaelmas daisies... providing a good amount of colour in the late garden

9:38am Saturday 14th November 2009

GINA PARKINSON looks out on the last of the blooms in her garden as the autumn colours change.



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