Hydrangeas are voluminous shrubs with lasting flowers. They are easy to grow even in windy locations and the flowers are good for cutting (add a little liquid soap and sugar to the water so they last longer). As the name suggests they like water or at least a moisture retentive soil. New Hydrangeas can be [...]
Archive | November, 2009
Hops For Gardeners
The best use of Hops for gardeners is in the brewing of beer but there are some garden uses worth considering as you quaff your ale after a days gardening. Common Hops, Humulus lupulus grow vigorously to 20 feet or more in a season. The heart shaped leaves over lap the stems and the plant [...]
Fungi Good and Bad
Mushrooms and toadstools are having a good season due to the mild weather in October. Like bracket fungi they produce large fruit-bodies as reproductive organs above ground and are called macro-fungi. Some are edible whist others hallucinogenic or deadly poison. The fungus proper is the mycelium a web of of thread-like growth known as spawn [...]
Gardeners Winter Vegetables
Unless you already have a well stocked allotment or vegetable garden you need to be thinking about next years winter vegetables. Settle down with a drink and some good seed catalogues and plan to enjoy the fruits (or veg) of your labours next Christmas The well named Tundra Cabbage will take all that winter can [...]
Saxifraga Fortunei Cherry Pie
Rhyming Saxifraga Fortunei ‘Cherry Pie’ looks good from late August through Autumn with these cherry coloured flowers. It is recommended as a good plant for moist woodland as it is happy with partial shade. Grows 8-10″ tall with flowering spikes above bright palmate, green leaves. The Saxifrage society modestly claims to be ‘the only international [...]
Quick Gardeners Tips
I am sorting out last years gardening calendar and came across these monthly tips that I repeat in the monthly order with additions from Gardeners tips. Recycle your Christmas Tree by shredding it for mulching Rhododendrons Put out fresh food and water for the birds through winter Protect emerging shoots from Slugs from March Plant [...]
Root Stimulators for Good Root Growth
Rootgrow is an organic treatment that improves the vigour of roses when incorporated at planting. Rootgrow helps to improve the uptake of water and nutrients from the soil. It encourages the roots to grow more quickly and also helps to prevent rose replant sickness. It is especially beneficial in poor soil but do not use [...]
Allergy and Scented Plants
Asthma sufferers often complain that it is the scented garden plants that bring out the condition. Generally it is the heavily fragranced flowers but sometimes it is a single plant such as Honeysuckle. Lilies like the Lilium Regale are one of the best scented flowers but the worst culprits for allergies. Carnations, Sweet Williams and [...]
Low Allergy Garden Phormium
If you suffer from Asthma, Hay Fever or Skin Allergies you want to select plants that do not exacerbate your problems. New Zealand Flax or Phormium works well in a low allergen garden taking several years to flower. The sword shaped leaves are the attraction of this range of plants useful for a focal point [...]
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Ten Plants for Sun Ten for Shade and Ten Tips
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