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What are Climate Change Gardening plants?
Climate Change Gardening aims to inspire anyone who grows their plants in a garden, patio, window box, grow-bag or even a pot to think about how plants are challenged by climate change. The Plant Lists on the Home Page provide suggestions of [...]
Continue reading...Hosepipe ban – top plants for 2012
30. March 2012
2012 is definitely the year to think about sourcing plants that require less water in your garden. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningadvice/7885713/Top-10-plants-to-beat-a-hosepipe-ban.html
Continue reading...How to have a beautiful garden all summer
20. March 2012
Will Giles from the Exotic Garden suggests ways to transport your garden overseas by combining tropicals with house plants, bromeliads and lush tree ferns. Traditional gardens with herbaceous borders come to a crescendo in June and early July and then gently wither and fade into their autumn colours. Many years ago I also used the [...]
Continue reading...New Zealand Flax, Coastal Flax, Flax Lily
13. February 2012
Here is a great plant that will cope with hotter summers and colder winters that the UK now experiences. Latin name: Phormium tenax Description: Very tough and dramatic architectural plants that need little maintenance, in a range of sizes to suit every garden. P. tenax is a clump forming perennial with dark green, rigid, upright, [...]
Continue reading...Kew Gardens sunshine on cloudy day
8. February 2012
How to brighten a grey day? Visit the Tropical Extravaganza at Kew Gardens Be transported to a tropical rain forest with a visual delight of exotic plants and flowers Listen to wonderful recordings of exotic birds and animals that transport you overseas http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/tropical-extravaganza-2012/
Continue reading...Mild weather and winter cuttings
8. November 2011
It continues to be really mild in the South of England and many gardeners have not yet bedded down tender tropical and exotic plants for the winter . Temperatures of 15c are forecast for this weekend which is amazing for November. Apparently it is warmer than it was in May this year. Another sign of our confused weather patterns? http://theweatheroutlook.com/ Now is a [...]
Continue reading...Clocks back ready for brrrr winter
29. October 2011
We might get an extra hour in bed tonight but it will be getting darker earlier tomorrow and possibly much, much colder. Weather forecasters are warning that the UK may suffer from the coldest Winter in decades. Here are some suggestions from the RHS on how to prepare your garden for the next few dark and frosty months.: [...]
Continue reading...Exotic garden video warms longer nights
29. October 2011
If you are dreading the shorter days and longer nights that always seem to begin with the changing of UK clocks this evening, try watching this inspirational video. The stunning visuals combined with dreamy music will help you drift off to a far away tropical island. – even though it was shot in Norwich during October at Will Giles Exotic Garden [...]
Continue reading...Confused plants and seasons
21. October 2011
Took this photo in Russell Square in central London today which clearly shows the confused seasons. The summer geraniums are still flowering beautifully whilst the leaves are turning a lovely Autumn colour . If you want to catch some gorgeous late flowering Exotic plants visit Will Giles garden in Norwich this Sunday 23rd October for his final 2011 open day [...]
Continue reading...UK September gardens
24. September 2011
Autumn has officially arrived in the UK and many gardens are starting to loose their colour and form. One garden that always looks spectacular at this time of year is Will Giles Exotic Garden in Norwich which is open to the public every Sunday from 1-5pm untill 23rd October. This video shot a week ago reveals just some of the [...]
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