Tree Peonies

Just about all of the tree peonies in my garden were gifts. Some 36 years [...]

Delight in the Winter Garden

Walking around the garden today in the winter sunshine was such a joy. As I [...]

Tomatoes

I’m astonished by how many times I hear keen tomato growers say “What a terrible [...]

David Glenn’s Clematis Pruning Tips

Clematis are not difficult to grow provided their few simple wants are met: Prepare the [...]

Arbutus

We planted a Madrone, Arbutus menziesii, just over a decade ago. Simon Rickard, as fine [...]

Fabulous Criss Canning Exhibition Open for Viewing

2025 Chelsea Flower Show

Occasionally, not often, a planting can be more ravishing than the gardener could ever have [...]

The World Is Full of Wonder

Occasionally, not often, a planting can be more ravishing than the gardener could ever have [...]

Aster x frikartii ‘Jungfrau’

Aster x frikartii ‘Jungfrau’, a hybrid between the European Aster amellus and the Himalayan Aster [...]

Bergenias: from disdain to esteem

I came to Bergenias rather late in life, although my first contact with them was [...]

Agastache Sweet Lili

One of the finest perennials for the hot, summer dry Mediterranean climate areas of Australia [...]

A Tale of Four Roses

We have an old water tank sitting on top of a 10-metre-tall iron stand. When [...]

Hostas

It was around fifty years ago when I first visited Pirianda Gardens. At that time, [...]

Paulownia

I saw my first Paulownia soon after arriving in Melbourne sixty years ago. I spent [...]

Chrysanthemums

My first meeting with Chrysanthemums was when I was a primary school boy in the [...]

Viburnum opulus

Whilst wandering around the garden looking for flowers to decorate the house last Christmas Criss [...]

The Crown of Thorns

A few years before the covid pandemic the Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr Philip Freier, [...]

A Distinguished Visitor

Last Sunday, the 8th of September, I had a visit from a horticultural national living [...]

Stachyurus praecox

A shrub in our garden that has come into its own this year is Stachyurus [...]

Narcissus ‘Beryl’

There are daffodils and there are daffodils. Some are so superior to the run-of-the-mill sorts [...]