chrysanthemums as cut flowers It's now five weeks since I returned from Holland with a box of cut chrysanthemums and this morning I threw the last one away. That's an incredible vase life – five weeks in a dark, warm house a
how to make your own calendula cream This calendula cream recipe is wonderfully soothing and healing, perfect for bruises, burns, irritations and open wounds. It works by helping the small capillaries to grow around the wound, enabling
sarah’s top roses for cutting A vase of garden roses is a lovely thing, a signal that summer proper is finally here. I have a small garden at Perch Hill dedicated to roses for cutting, so I can guarantee this luxury for months at
the basics of arranging cut flowers How should I treat stems – bash, burn, or sear? Anything that looks floppy should have its stem ends seared in boiling water for 30 seconds. Give woody stems a bit longer – so bluebells o
What to do with your allium seedheads In this video, Sarah shows you her favourite varieties of alliums for drying, ready for spraying for Christmas decorations. Alliums are really wonderful in May in this garden
