Archive | July, 2008

Evening Fragrance in the Garden

By on July 2, 2008 in Flowers and Plants

If you want to walk around your garden in a summer evening and take in the scent then consider some of the following recommendations. White flowers often smell the best like Nicotiana alata or the taller N. sylvestris Lillium regale can have an almost over powering scent on a still evening Philadelphus ‘Beauclerk’ a large [...]

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Growing Runner Bean – Scarlet Emperor

By on July 2, 2008 in Fruit, Vegetables & Herbs, Tips Hints and Ideas

Tips for good Runner Bean crops Prepare the soil to retain moisture by incorporating good compost and/or wet newspaper at the bottom of a trench in winter. Rotate crops to a new patch every year on a three year cycle. Do not feed with heavy nitrogen fertilisers or you will get leaf and less flower. [...]

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Delphinium Spires to Aspire too

By on July 2, 2008 in Flowers and Plants, Tips Hints and Ideas

Flower spikes can reach over 6 foot and when massed together at the back of the border look really special. Delphinium are worth the effort to grow successfully and here are some tips to help. Sow seed of Delphinium elatum types in preference to pacific hybrids or buy plant in spring prior to the showing [...]

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1000 Gardens to Visit and other 1000′s

By on July 1, 2008 in Books

www.gardenerstips.co.uk/blog has now reached over 1000 tips on this blog. To celebrate this milestone I have looked for other notable 1000′s and have come up with the RHS Garden Finder. This publication advertises ‘More than 1,000 gardens to visit and enjoy‘ and is a weighty 500 page reference book edited by Charles Quest-Ritson. Available from [...]

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Astilibe Perennials for a Shady Border

By on July 1, 2008 in Flowers and Plants, Tips Hints and Ideas

Astilibes aka False Goats Beard This summer flowering perennial has good disease and pest resistance. The plumes of flowers stand above fine foliage Dependant on variety it grows from 12 inches to 4 foot tall with up to a 2 foot spread. The flowers vary from raspberry red (above A. pulmila ) and pinks A. [...]

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