York Press | Gardening

Early drops of spring

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:10:00 +0000

Snowdrops need care at first, then they more or less look after themselves, finds GINA PARKINSON

After the wind blows

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:40:22 +0000

GINA PARKINSON surveys the damage caused by whipping gusts of wind, and gives advice on how to prune clematis.

A plea for honesty

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:44:17 +0000

GINA PARKINSON on the simple pleasures of a plant considered by some to be a weed

It’s time for the garden to wake up

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:43:19 +0000

GINA PARKINSON is cheered by the hellebores that are beginning to open.

The subtle charms of winter jasmine

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:20:00 +0000

GINA PARKINSON returns to start the New Year by looking at the subtle charms of winter jasmine

Winter jobs in gardens at Bishopthorpe Palace

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:12:17 +0000

As part of the Archbishop of York’s Year Of The Environment, the head gardener at Bishopthorpe Palace has written the last of his seasonal updates, letting visitors know what he and his team have been up to.

Making a real display at Christmas

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:53:36 +0000

GINA PARKINSON explains how to make wreaths and decorations using cuttings and twigs from the garden.

Contorted hazel in the winter garden

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:58:19 +0000

We have a contorted hazel growing near the house, a sitting tenant inherited when we moved here.

It’s cut and dried

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:40:23 +0000

Hydrangeas make for wonderful indoor decoration if you cut the flowers and take them in from the cold, writes GINA PARKINSON

All vine and dandy

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:30:00 +0000

GINA PARKINSON revels in an ornamental vine that comes into its own when other plans are fading away