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How to have a beautiful garden all summer
Will Giles from the Exotic Garden suggests how 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...Dreaming of an Exotic Summer
26. May 2013
UK weather warming up at last with blue skies that have certainly lifted gardening spirits. Wonderful sunny days make me dream of architectural plants and exotic horticultural delights. Every night I float to a beautiful exotic garden, the weather is glorious and the plants even more so. A handsome man wearing a colorful shirt guides [...]
Continue reading...Cold weather affecting plants
2. April 2013
This photo taken at Capel Manor Horticultural College shows very clearly how plants are being affected by the very cold weather in Spring 2013. This time last year the blossom was out and many shrubs and spring bulbs were in full bloom. The growing season is starting very much later this year and it will [...]
Continue reading...Hints of an Indian summer
18. October 2012
Looks as though the UK might yet enjoy some warmer weather just before we put the clocks back an hour on Sunday October 28th and head into the shortest day on 21st December .Fingers crossed the weathermen get it right this time and we reach the heights of 20c the BBC are promising over the [...]
Continue reading...Tropical Plants for summer gardening
27. June 2012
After a miserable month of wet and cold weather, the UK is just starting to warm up with temperatures of 22 – 27c expected this week in London. Time to take advantage of all that rain and the muggy temperatures by transfering your garden into a tropical paradise for the next few months. In this [...]
Continue reading...Climate Change Gardening plants
2. June 2012
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 over 100 plants that survive well in our changing climate and offer a [...]
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...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 [...]
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