How to create a romantic garden - a checklist
PLUS: the first 10 of my 100 top romantic plants
As you walk through a garden, what could be more romantic than passing under an archway festooned with a tumble of roses? Scent, colour and texture are all-important here — I adore roses with clusters of pretty blooms tumbling casually off their support, like a floral guard of honour.
As the first real chilliness of November starts to make itself felt in this corner of the UK, and the colours all fade to various shades of brown, I’m moving my mind on to next Spring in order to generate a bit of warmth and a little bit of mental colour therapy.
And in particular, I’m thinking about the romance of the garden
Sometimes you find yourself in a garden where you want to stay for ever, such is the all-embracing prettiness and the feeling of lushness; a place full of