GARDENING GERRY DALY THE daffodils and yellow flowers of forsythia ensure that yellow is the dominant colour in gardens at this time of year and that makes the contrasting colour of purple aubrieta ...

Do you remember when every front garden had a rockery? When each year in late March and April these mini Mont Blancs would erupt with a brilliance that took you by surprise? The reason was that they ...

This throwback to the age of the rockery produces cascades of colour When the rockery was all the rage in British gardens, aubrietia was top of the heap, literally. Though fallen from favour in recent ...

Aubrieta is fantastic this year, with a great show of purple flowers. Yellow daffodils and forsythia make yellow the dominant colour in gardens at this time of year, and that makes the contrasting ...

FROM St Brigid’s Day at the beginning of February onwards spring hints at its forthcoming arrival. First we have the snowdrops, then as March advances the crocuses, before the daffodils, magnolia and ...

The most popular of rock plants, aubrietas are reliable plants that form wide carpets of colour in late spring and early summer. 'Elsa Lancaster' has purple flowers which are held in small bunches ...

While spring is finally underway, it doesn't mean that your garden is brimming with blooms just yet – and this can cause problems for pollinators. At this time of year, bees will be eagerly returning ...