3 11, 2025

Plant-of-the-Month: Japanese Aralia

By |2025-11-03T11:02:51+00:00November 3rd, 2025|Walled Garden, Biodiversity, Gravel Gardens, Denmans Garden, Design, Garden Design, John Brookes MBE, Joyce Robinson, planting design, John Brookes Garden Design, Gravel Garden|

Every garden should include plants with contrasting leaf shapes and textures to provide year-round interest.  It is often difficult, however, to find broad-leafed plants that do not lose their leaves in winter, especially in northern climates.   This month’s plant-of-the-month [...]

13 11, 2024

Denmans Garden Plant-of-the-Month: Glossy Abelia

By |2024-11-13T15:51:30+00:00November 13th, 2024|planting design, John Brookes Garden Design, Gravel Garden, Walled Garden, Historic Garden|

Above:  Glossy Abelia, pictured on the right in the Walled Garden, plays a supporting role that almost goes unnoticed in the height of Summer.  This is a gold-leafed cultivar. When it comes to long-blooming structural shrubs, you can’t beat glossy [...]