With over 2,500 moth species in the UK we thought we’d try and see what lurked in the Genus HQ garden at night. So we set up a light trap which comprises a funnelled collecting box with an ultraviolet bulb...
You may remember our disappointment a few weeks ago when we wrote of the sorry state of the garden at Genus HQ after the winds and rain had battered the summer out of it and brought out a decidedly autumnal...
Plants are like children. There are the naughty troublesome ones that require constant supervision, the loud shouty ones that are actually quite delicate, and the ones that just quietly get on with their lives requiring very little input and parenting....
Forward notes are a wonderful thing. There’s always so much to do in the garden that without some planning important jobs would be missed. And so it was this week when the Genus phone ‘pinged’ with the alert ‘DIVIDE IRISES!!!’ ...
We mentioned late season colour last time and we also mentioned that our focus was on our spring borders which have been lacklustre for the last few years. Consequently the Genus HQ coffee table has disappeared under a small hill...
We’ve been honing the late season colour palette of the garden at Genus HQ over the last few years, going from ‘not a lot’ to ‘more than enough’. Each year has seen successes and failures but we’ve been slowly...
Scion, cleft, four flap, and whip are some of the terms we’re getting acquainted with over the next few weeks; words we haven’t used since our college days!
Last week we mentioned that several branches on our plum...
We’ve talked about the climbing plants at Genus HQ before and we’ve probably mentioned the philadelphus on the north side of the cottage. Planted in the border some years ago it started to become more enthusiastic in its growth than...
Summer is here at last and roses and many perennials are flowering in earnest. There’s still lots to do but make time to appreciate the results of your hard work.
Keep deadheading spent flowers on perennials and roses to...
Last month in our Potpourri magazine we ran a competition: write 200 words on the theme of Gardening in the Era of Lockdown and win a £100 Genus gift voucher. A big thanks to everyone who sent in their contributions,...
A couple of years ago, we were looking to change the factory where our clothes are manufactured. We had been using a facility in the east of China, but we weren’t completely satisfied, and we thought how wonderful it would...
Lockdown is a great time to read and skill up, and for anyone wanting to learn more about garden design, this bestselling classic gives you a thorough grounding in the subject. This is the third update to Rosemary Alexander’s original...
With a national lockdown and supermarkets depleted, producing your own fruit and vegetables has more appeal than ever. And there’s so much you can grow in the smallest of spaces.
There’s nothing like freshly picked salad leaves, which grow well...
