Francis
November 2021,
Tidywork did a couple of Garden jobs for me! Great work and professional in their approach!
Abi
November 2021,
Garden maintenance and clearance. Very pleased with the work that Paul and his colleague carried out for us. Ivy, plants, brambles in an overgrown section of our garden were all cleared as requested. Very thorough job and everything was bagged up and taken away. Paul checked throughout the day that we were happy with the work being carried out. Would recommend Paul’s gardening services and expertise.
Winter plants worth having
Attractive and beautiful winter plants ?
Winter in your garden doesn’t have to be grey, leafless and boring. With the right planting you can make it even more attractive in winter than it is in the summer !
Evergreen
Evergreen plants play a vital role in garden structure. Not on their own but in connection with the right underplanting you will have a beautiful garden all year round !
Colour
Yes there are plants that flower beautifully in late autumn, early winter. See some on this page below. However it’s not just about the flowers. Some shrubs have gorgeous and colourful stems for example.
Fregrance
Smell .. most summer flowers give off amazing scents, so it’s easy in the summer. For winter there’s also few less known.. read on
The most beautiful plant I always admire at the end of gardening season, to me surely it is “NERINE BOWDENII”
It’s colour is out of this world, especially around the grey reality of autumn.
It’s a bulb which multiplies and grows each season giving even more colour each following year.
One warning if you decide to plant it. Don’t burry it deeply. It’s bulbs need to be right at the surface.
NERINE BOWDENII in flower
NERINE BOWDENII in flower
NERINE BOWDENII and it’s bulbs
See below more of the plants I find most powerful when it comes to winter attractiveness
Heathers
Late autumn / winter flowers
Cyclamen
Late autumn / winter flowers
Sarcococca
Winter flowers plus berries. Black berries come with sarcococca confusa, red berries you will find on sarcococca ruscifolia.
The most amazing and sweet fragrance when you’re around them in Late December / January in the UK.
Now some more plants that others would recommend for winter gardens however these are rather early spring show offs .. Flowering from around March in the UK.
Forsythias
flowers March through April
Witch hazel
Late winter / early spring flowers
Quince
In the Uk it come give gorgeous blossom between April and May.
Cornus – dog wood
Flowers in the summer but very distinct and brightly coloured stems throught the winter make it a quite attractive winter shrub.
Now… if the above is new to you, give it a go and try these in your garden ! Alternatively if you’d like to have a winter garden or a winter border created for you then just get in touch ! We will do it for you.
Tim
October 2021,
Communicated really well, did the job exactly as specified, and Paul was really accommodating at short notice, thanks a lot!
Chris
October 2021.
Brilliant work! Paul and his team did a fantastic tidying hedges and trees in our garden, including an utterly monstrous laurel tree which they managed to make look tidy.
It’s not the first time we have hired them and it won’t be the last.
Testimonials
Liz ONeill
Great job done ! From start to finish Paul delivered a fantastic hedge cutting service which now shows my garden looking amazing. My hedges have never looked so good and my garden was left looking absolutely immaculate.
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