Cornus or Dog Wood have attractive bold coloured stems during winter. Now is the time to coppice them to ensure a fresh supply of young stems ready for next winters colour display.

Early Spring tidying up of shrub border finishingwith a thick manure to feed plants andthey resume growth and surpress weeds.

Late Winter work in Herbaceous border. Ideal opportunity to lift and divide congested plants and weed through. Once again finishing off with three to four inch layer of garden compost as a mulch

Trimming Euonymus shrubs into neat balls, and shaping Salix Integra with Berberis Thunbergii beneath it also benefiting from a trim.

Harmony of pinks and purples,with Monarda 'Hartwoods Wine, and Phlox Paniculatas.

Tyding Spring border,weeding between Bluebells,and Brunnera.

Carpet of pinks and pastel blues from Pulmonaria Sacharata 'Jack Frost' And dainty forget me not like flowers of Brunnera 'Bolero'.

Late Summer hot colours from last year.

Vibrant Spring Colour of Anemone Coronaria de Caen in foreground and softer pastel colours Saxifraga x arendsii 'Touran Pink' in background

Mid summer colour, from bold red Asiatic hybrid lilies and rich peach orange of Hybrid Lily packed with buds waiting to open. Hydrangea Macrophylla tying in with colour scheme and Cotoinus Coggyria 'Purple Prince' in the background.