Rustic Arches and Pergolas
PERGOLAS A pergola is a series of connecting arches that not only links areas of the garden, it also provides shade and support for climbing plants and a very pleasing way of framing a view or aspect...
View ArticleWildlife in our Hedgerows
Nature's Highways As they travel in search of food, mates and shelter, animals follow their own 'highways' - the hedgerows, walls, fences and rivers that thread the countryside of Britain. Much of the...
View ArticleGarden Design: Aspect, Soil and Climate
Garden Design: Aspect Check the aspect of your garden: Shady side: Only morning and evening sun in summer, often moist and cool. East: Morning sun, perhaps cold drying winds. Sunny side: Plants need...
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Garden Daisies
DAZZLING DAISIES DAISY-TYPE FLOWERS dominate the late summer borders together with chrysanthemums and dahlias. These heavily petalled blooms enliven the last days of summer. Aster novi-belgii ‘Lilac...
View ArticleLemaireocereus Cactus
Lemaireocereus Commemorating Charles Lemaire, 1801-71, a famous French cactus specialist (Cactaceae). A genus of some 23 species of greenhouse succulent plants, mostly from South America, with...
View ArticleNopalea Cactus
From the Mexican name for some of the Opuntias (Cactaceae). A genus of about 8 species of greenhouse succulent plants, formerly included in the genus Opuntia, natives of Mexico and Guatemala. The...
View ArticleGuide to Growing Herbs at Home
Herbs are handy in the kitchen and fashionable in the garden, and those with an attractive scent are doubly welcome. There is no need to make a separate herb garden, especially if you are short of...
View ArticlePersea Gratissima houseplant
Although not everybody would recognize it as Persea gratissima, many houseplant enthusiasts have grown it with varying degrees of success. It is the avocado, or alligator, pear. How successful you are...
View ArticleGrowing Salad Crops
You don’t need much room to grow salad leaves; they are so productive that a bed measuring 90 x 180 cm (3x6 ft) is enough to keep a family of salad-lovers going all summer. They are very little work,...
View ArticleGrowing Tomatoes in the Coronavirus Crisis Can Help Your Mental Health
Raising something you can eat is one of the most satisfying of gardening experiences, and during this current pandemic we find ourselves in and indeed at any time, tomatoes are among the most rewarding...
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