Posted on 19.02.2022 | Added in Kevin’s Propagation/Plant Focus Blog/Healing Gardens It’s that time of year when it’s a good idea to really get to grips with planning ahead for the woodland garden. The Cyclamen coum are striking and flourishing here at the Lakeside Hotel Garden  after some TLC, recovering…

Posted on 05.01.2021 | Added in Kevin’s Propagation/Plant Focus Blog/Healing Gardens Brightening up  along the  base/ edge of the Beech hedge was my main priority for this winter as a late autumn task. Cyclamen coum fit the bill nicely and will flower from December until March. The shades of deep…

Posted on 01.09.2020 | Added in Kevin’s Propagation/Plant Focus Blog/Healing Gardens Planting propagated Penstemon cuttings It’s just one of those personal targets! to get a task done in my last week at Hipping Hall before I start my new gardening position in early September. The Penstemons have rooted from cuttings…

Posted on 01.06.2020 | Updated on 20.06.2020 | Added in Kevin’s Propagation/Plant Focus Blog/Healing Gardens The sight of Crinodendron hookerianum (Chilean Lantern Tree)  family –  (Elaeocarpaceae) is really something to behold from the month of May through to August. If these beautiful pendant/lantern bright red flowers don’t stop you in…

Posted on 16.12.2019 | Updated on 17.12.2019 | Added in Kevin’s Propagation/Plant Focus Blog/Healing Gardens I’m just grasping the moment to take semi ripe / hardwood cuttings of a various number of species of hardy fuchsia. These hardy perennials will also strike well from greenwood cuttings taken in the summer. That…

Posted on 26.11.2019 | Updated on 18.12.2019 | Added in Kevin’s Propagation/Plant Focus Blog/Healing Gardens This week’s seasonal task is potting on rooted Syringa vulgaris cuttings at Hipping Hall taken last autumn 2017. I took these cuttings from a rather sad looking lonesome lilac tree which borders a moss lawn…

Posted on 03.10.2018 | Added in Kevin’s Propagation/Plant Focus Blog/Healing Gardens Syringa vulgaris This week’s seasonal task is potting on rooted Syringa vulgaris cuttings at Hipping Hall taken last autumn 2017. I took these cuttings from a rather sad looking lonesome Lilac tree which borders a moss lawn project I have…

Updated on 11.10.2018 | Added in Kevin’s Propagation/Plant Focus Blog/Healing Gardens I think Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’ really sets the scene at the start of the autumn. One of the planting projects at the Ryebeck, Lake Windermere has been to replant an end section of a Hydrangea border comprising the good old…

Posted on 12.06.2018 | Updated on 19.06.2018 | Added in Kevin’s Propagation/Plant Focus Blog/Healing Gardens Omphalodes cappadocica ‘Starry Eyes’ is a real winner in the garden at Hipping Hall in Kirkby Lonsdale, situated on the border of the Yorkshire Dales. This last winter I pruned the Omphalodes hard back, right to…

Posted on 28.01.2018 | Updated on 11.06.2018 | Added in Kevin’s Propagation/Plant Focus Blog/Healing Gardens When I started working at the Ryebeck Hotel garden, Bowness On Windermere late January last year, the Camellia sinensis were situated in a very exposed north east aspect. Most of them looked worse for wear…

Updated on 15.06.2018 | Added in Kevin’s Propagation/Plant Focus Blog/Healing Gardens This is one of my choice selections for late summer/autumn pollinators, Helenium ‘Sombrero’. I am currently developing a border for pollinators, bees, butterflies etc, they need all the help they can get.      Last year was a particularly poor year for…

Posted on 16.03.2017 | Updated on 18.03.2017 | Added in Kevin’s Propagation/Plant Focus Blog/Healing Gardens March is a great time of the year when gently pruning and tidying the herbaceous borders for spring, to be inspired with thoughts of propagation.  I have mixed feelings on removing leaves from Hellebores. They…

Posted on 15.07.2016 | Updated on 06.07.2017 | Added in Kevin’s Propagation/Plant Focus Blog/Healing Gardens Phlomis comprise 100 or more perennials native to the Mediterranean, Central Asia, and China. Phlomis are extremely hardy plants. Phlomis russeliana, commonly known as Jerusalem or Turkish Sage, is from the family Lamiaceae. The yellow…

Posted on 13.05.2016 | Updated on 06.07.2017 | Added in Kevin’s Propagation/Plant Focus Blog/Healing Gardens Well-drained soil is recommended for optimum results for growing species of Eryngium. The plants thrive in an open sunny position and will tolerate excessive lime in the soil. Eryngium will also thrive well in poor…

Posted on 01.03.2016 | Updated on 16.07.2018 | Added in Kevin’s Propagation/Plant Focus Blog/Healing Gardens The small Tree Peony plants in bud are a result of young plants that were collected from a bark path beneath the large herbaceous shrub of a Paeonia ludlowii during the spring of 2013. The…

Posted on 21.11.2015 | Updated on 16.01.2018 | Added in Kevin’s Propagation/Plant Focus Blog/Healing Gardens It is that time of year when I enjoy increasing the stock of Penstemons for the following season. From my experience cuttings will still root from thicker stems after the first frosts. If you can…

Posted on 21.11.2015 | Updated on 27.07.2017 | Added in Kevin’s Propagation/Plant Focus Blog/Healing Gardens Deciduous Agapanthus plants are currently being cleared to tidy up the surface of pots. Stems with seed heads can be cut to place out and dry in a cool area such as a shed or…

Posted on 06.07.2015 | Updated on 16.07.2018 | Added in Kevin’s Propagation/Plant Focus Blog/Healing Gardens   In early April 2013 seeds were sown of Campanula Rotundifolia, (true wild form). The stems of this species are fine, approximately 15cm high. The leaves are needle shaped and do not form petioles. Flower…