Andrea Sinclair Garden Designer

Passionate about plants and design
A garden designer based in Aberdeenshire

Judging village gardens

Andrea Sinclair

28 Jul, 2018

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Wonderful in the winter - #Betula_Utilis_Var_Jacquemonti

12/15/2018

Betula Utilis var Jacquemonti is a wonderful tree - either single or multi- stemmed for the winter garden
Free plants - take cuttings in hardwood October/November

10/11/2018

More free plants! October / November is the time to take hard wood cuttings. You need a healthy bush that has put on some good growth this year which is just turning from bendy green wood to firmer brown wood. The cutting needs to end up about the length of a pencil, with a straight cut under a bud at the bottom of the cutting, and an angled cut just above a bud at the top. The angled cut is to help rain slide off the shoot rather than seep into it and cause rot. Fill large plastic pots
The wilderness and ladybirds

08/21/2018

I was just collecting yellow rattle seeds from the wilderness area and delighted to see heaps of ladybirds in the area. Its when you get down close to these wildflowers that you spot all the mini-creatures!