10 Colourful Reasons to Visit Great Dixter this Month

Are your Indoor Plant Leaves Turning Black? It’s a sight that can dampen the beauty of your green oasis. But fear not! There’s a solution. Here are the reasons behind this phenomenon and simple yet effective solutions to bring your plants back to life!

Peace lilies have undeniably beautiful foliage, but the blossom-like spathes are what make them stand out. There are so many houseplants out there that have interesting leaves, but there are precious few that blossom.So it’s totally understandable that yo

Do not forget the pleasures of Acers in spring and early summer. New buds and leaves are an interesting feature of carefully chosen species. Visit a good garden center or a renown public garden like RHS Harlow Carr in Harogate  We know that Maple trees or Acers have exceptional colour in autumn which is why tourists flock to New England and the eastern seaboard to see the flaming colours. Cold nights and warm days are the conditions that help turn green leaves to vibrant colours. With the falling temperatures, the lush green colours of summer have been replaced with vivid reds, golden yellows and browns.

Human hair does break down eventually and helps in keeping the soil lighter. A single hair strand’s lifespan is 2-7 years, and an eyelash has a lifespan of 150 days. 

It’s the month of June, which means it’s time to celebrate all the wonderful June babies out there! And what better way to honor them than by exploring the vibrant and stunning world of June Birth Month Flowers? From classic and romantic to bold and exotic, June’s flowers have something for everyone!

Autumn Glory at Great Dixter The autumn plant fair at Dixter just gets better and better – and going there on a day of cloudless blue skies and warm sun made it particularly glorious. This year there were thirty-two stands including several specialist nurseries from Europe as well as the cream of the UK crop.

Spring Plant Fair at Great Dixter I have been in horticultural heaven this week with plenty of gardening at home, the visit to Sissinghurst and a day at the Spring Fair at Great Dixter. It really is the most wonderful event – masterminded by Fergus Garrett – and I found myself thinking that had Christo been there, he would have been predictably grumpy at first, but ultimately thrilled that his protégé had devised an event so entirely in keeping with the spirit of Great Dixter.

Tulip Colour Combinations by Daniel Carruthers I’d like to think I am fairly organised when it comes to the garden but last year I left my annual tulip shopping a little late. Not too late though, according to Fergus Garrett you can still plant tulips up until Christmas Day.

For the second year running this fair snuck up on me, but at least this time I knew before rather than after the event.  It was an absolutely glorious hot autumnal day with many wonderful plants, bulbs and seeds for sale.  I resisted most because of the building work creating chaos in the garden – but I did succumb to a purple leaved Silk Tree Albizia ‘Summer Chocolate’ which will go in the bed which is due to be totally replanted.  

I went to an event at Dixter on a decidedly wet and blustery day – and braved the weather for long enough to see how the garden was looking ‘off-season’. The answer, unsurprisingly, is that even on a miserable winter’s day it looked remarkably good. The shrubs and trees give the borders structure that sustains them with their many textures and shapes. Even the tropical g

Great Dixter Nursery There’s something immensely satisfying about visiting an iconic garden like Great Dixter and then being able to go to the nursery to buy some of the plants that have caught your eye. With its history of plantsmanship and innovation under the inspirational guidance of the late Christopher Lloyd and now Fergus Garrett, there are always exciting plants in the garden and many of them can be bought from the nursery.

Powerful Depictions of Great Dixter There’s a stunning  exhibition of artist Anny Evason’s drawings of the gardens at Great Dixter at the First Sight Gallery in Hastings Old Town. She has been doing her charcoal drawings (some with a splash of colour) at Dixter for the past four years It is the type of art that stops you in your tracks – that’s certainly the effect it has had on me and I’ve been prowling round the house trying to find a suitable spot where I could hang one of her drawings.