Designing your Garden
| March 15, 2011 | Posted by Andy under Latest gardening news |
Planting outdoor plants can be a gratifying and enjoyable experience Choosing an appropriate plant for your outdoor spaces can be tricky. However, after determining what sort of soil you have, the levels of sunlight, drainage, and how much space you have available, it becomes much easier to start picking the plants that are best for…
Stourbridge Bloomers Win Garden Planters Grant
| March 9, 2011 | Posted by Andy under Garden planters |
photo credit: La Citta Vita Gardeners and horticulturists – plus local people who just love the sight of flowers in their community – were celebrating this week after Stourbridge Council bowed to public pressure and gave Stourbridge in Bloom a last-minute £3,500 grant to garden planters. The council’s Area Committee made the late grant at…
Growing Kniphofia Plants
| February 6, 2011 | Posted by Andy under Perennial Plants |
photo credit: greenkozi Kniphofia plants are best known by their common name of red-hot pokers, and looking at their tall spear-like stems tipped with glowing orange-red flower clusters, it is easy to see what makes the name – and the plants themselves – so popular. The key to successfully growing kniphofia in a UK garden…
Geraniums and Winter Care
| February 6, 2011 | Posted by Andy under Perennial Plants |
Geraniums are a firm favourite among the perennial plants due to their bright and long-lasting flowers, but gardeners often find themselves at a loss when it comes to looking after them during the winter period in order to ensure they will bloom again in the summer. Geraniums are easy plants to grow but they require…
Wisteria – Planting and Training Tips
| February 4, 2011 | Posted by Andy under Perennial Plants |
photo credit: the yes man Wisteria plants are a delight for any garden, with their long dense clusters of beautiful purple pea flowers, blooming in late spring or early summer. The plants themselves originally grew up trees in the forests of east Asia and the eastern USA, planting their roots in the ground and absorbing…
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