12 drought tolerant plants that will also be happy if it rains!
Even if your summers are getting hotter and drier, you can still get the occasional wet summer. So if you’re thinking about filling gaps in your garden with more drought tolerant plants, you also want them to be happy if…
Dahlia Show with Monterey Bay Dahlia Society/ Pt. 1
I attended the Annual Dahlia Show organized by Monterey Bay Dahlia Society and I am very impressed with the wide varieties of Dahlias! It was amazing! Here are just a few of what I saw. Enjoy! Here is their website:…
My Begonia Collection! 🌸
I love begonias! Their flowers are so beautiful! I started collecting them a year ago and each year I make an effort to add more. Here are my current collection. Enjoy!
Rock garden ideas and inspiration – perfect for drought tolerant planting and slopes
Rock gardens were an essential element in the English country garden – and even in small town gardens – for most of the last century. But too popular often turns to neglected and taken for granted. Now there’s a rockery…
Roses At Filoli Gardens (Pt. 2) 🌹
It’s the end of August and the roses at Filoli gardens are still blooming! Here is their website:https://filoli.org/
Do you brush your garden regularly?
A viewer said that the tips and ideas on the Middlesized Garden blog and YouTube channel were good, but that my garden ‘needed a good brush’. Which is fair comment! So I thought I’d do a quick before-and-after. What do…
Roses At Filoli Gardens (Pt. 1) 🌹
It’s the end of August and the roses at Filoli gardens are still blooming! Here is their website:https://filoli.org/
Rose Update Late August/David Austin Roses/Weeks Roses
Here’s another rose update for you. It’s late August and the nights are starting to get cooler. Some of the flowers are starting to slow down. Got to enjoy while they last!
Late summer garden tips and tour – the garden is fried, and what to do about it
After a record-breaking heat wave and one of the longest droughts in the UK’s history, many gardens are struggling. Plants have died – or seem to have died. But some have pulled through and I’ve got some good coping strategies…