Noel's Garden Blog

When I had a nursery business, back in the 1980s-1990s, one of my gripes was the problem of plants being sold at too low a pr...

Its the end of the winter and it has been very wet, and for the most part very mild. We have a long growing season here in...

Hellebores can make such a huge impact as they flower so much earlier than anything else. Try cutting them though and...

Rhododendron x superponticum dominating waterside habitat in Yorkshire. Maybe the otters like it for cover but I can...

T he Victorian era was a true golden age for gardeners in Britain. Looking through the magazines, books and nursery catalogues of the pe...

Modern public spaces allow for new forms of social interaction Just spent a couple of days in Dubai (on the way back from Indi...

I recently had to review a book, a mainstream, lavishly illustrated, rather general book on choosing and using ornamental plants. I su...