A Hidden Treasure

DR. JAMES NARDI says you can tell a lot about a tree by the company it keeps. From life in the soil around their roots to the action up in their canopies, trees are swarming with engagement—unseen microbes and fungi, countless insects and other arthropods, and vertebrates like birds, squirrels, and even porcupines.

Turn that free nursery pot that you normally throw away into an gorgeous display planter.

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A Treasure for my Garden I am now the proud owner of one of this season’s hottest plants, Hellebore ‘Anna’ – bred by John Massey and named in honour of Anna Pavord. She is a dark beauty with ruby-red flowers and veined dark green leaves that have rich red reverses when young.

After an amazing summer, autumn seems determined to compete. A group of garden journalists, including myself, were fortunate to take a guided tour of the Hillier Gardens with head gardener, David Jewell and the one-man plant encyclopaedia Roy Lancaster. Roy regaled us with tales of virtually every plant we saw, so progress was slow but hugely entertaining. Rare Beauties It is alw

In the arboretum there were two small trees that intrigued me and had me searching through my books trying to identify them.  I think the blue-grey berries are on a type of privet – probably Ligustrum lucidum  while the other appears to be a large-leaved species cotoneaster laden with  bunches of rosy red fruit.  I do enjoy a bit of plant detection. ..

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