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Drought loving plants – Cordyline Australis

31. May 2011

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Drought loving plants – Cordyline Australis

A favourite drought plant with UK gardeners is the Torbay palm  or Cordyline Australis which is now a very popular sight all over the UK, inspiring thoughts of tropical islands even on a miserable winters day. Sadly many specimens did not survive the hardest winter for 100 years in 2010/11 but do not let that […]

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B&Q vertical garden goes sky high

25. May 2011

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B&Q vertical garden goes sky high

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1390415/Gold-standard-Edible-garden-takes-prize-Chelsea-Flower-Show.html?ito=feeds-newsxml Food for thought? This amazing edible garden brimming with fruit and vegetables caught the judges attention at The Chelsea Flower Show and shows just how home grown produce can be produced in the smallest of urban spaces. Apart from providing home grown food and reducing our air miles , there are a host of […]

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RHS highlights water crisis for gardening

22. May 2011

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RHS highlights water crisis for gardening

On the eve of the Chelsea Flower Show it is brilliant to see the RHS using the focus on gardening in the UK this week to point out that gardeners have to think about how they use water to maintain their precious gardens. They have commissioned a study that highlights the benefits of gardens but […]

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How green is Chelsea Flower Show?

22. May 2011

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How green is Chelsea Flower Show?

Environmental concerns figure highly at Chelsea this year with Nigel Dunnett’s New Wild garden, capturing every raindrop to store in two circular ponds, with nothing wasted down the drains. http://www.rhsplants.co.uk/rhs-chelsea/rbc-new-wild-garden/ Marney Hall uses solar panelling to power the greenroofed garden office of her Skyshades garden http://www.rhs.org.uk/Shows-Events/RHS-Chelsea-Flower-Show/2011/Gardens/A-to-Z/The-Skyshades-Garden-Powered-by-Light The B&Q sponsored 9m tall garden tower is one […]

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Dry gardening at Chelsea Flower Show

21. May 2011

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Dry gardening at Chelsea Flower Show

The dry weather in Southern England continues with no sign of heavy rain before Chelsea opens on Monday for judging on Members Day. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1387551/UK-weather-Heatwave-way-hottest-May-350-years.html Gardening in the current dry weather is  proving very challenging but there is help at hand from one of the Chelsea Flower Show gardens tipped to win Best in Show. The […]

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RHS Chelsea Flowers early

20. May 2011

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RHS Chelsea Flowers early

The Independent  says that “Visitors to Chelsea could be in for a very different experience this year, as unusual weather over the preceding months has forced many garden designers to rethink their plans. A cold snap followed by the warmest April on record has meant the best laid turf of many gardeners has gone awry […]

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Drought Plants : Palm Trees

16. May 2011

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Drought Plants : Palm Trees

Palms are perfect for this dry weather as they require hardly any water to survive once established plus they bring something unusual to your garden. Despite their prominence in hotter climates, palm trees are very hardy plants and most will thrive in the British climate providing there are not weeks of snow  and very low […]

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Drought Loving plants – Oleander

15. May 2011

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Drought Loving plants – Oleander

If your garden is suffering from a  lack of rain then maybe now is the time to re-think your planting? Oleanders have to be my first drought plant choice as they are also evergreen which means they deliver impact throughout the year.These low maintenance Mediterranean plants have delicate flowers in shades of deep red to […]

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RHS Chelsea Flower Show greens our cities

12. May 2011

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Great news that the RHS is highlighting the issue of making our cities greener at this years Chelsea Flower Show with their interactive greening ideas for adapting to  climate change: “Parks have long been described the ‘lungs of the city’, but with climate change never far from the headlines, town and city dwellers – and […]

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RHS iPhone app offers drought warnings

11. May 2011

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For gardeners on the move like me, it is sometimes difficult to keep track of what is happening with your garden. I have been busy working in London all week  but worrying about how my garden is coping at this peak growing time. Thoughts such as is eveyrthing wilting in the heat, is my melon […]

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