Archive | February, 2010

Growing Cannas – Facts and Fancy

By on February 1, 2010 in Books, Flowers and Plants, Tips for Growing Series, Tips Hints and Ideas

You don’t need global warming to get a warm glow in your garden if you plant some Canna. The fiery hot flowers and leaves on some Cannas are hard to beat and are worth a place in any passionate garden. What other plant starts flowering in June and keeps flowering right through until the first [...]

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February Tips for Gardeners

By on February 1, 2010 in Gardening, Novice Gardeners Advice and Pointers

Beginners Tips In the UK it is still too cold to start most seeds and plants. Leave those tempting seedlings in the garden centres and wait until at least the end of the month to sow broad beans, early peas, leeks and sweetpeas. On a fine February morning you can improve your garden with a [...]

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Growing Anemones

By on February 1, 2010 in Flowers and Plants, Tips for Growing Series

Anemone has over 100 species with several interesting varieties that produce colour and a light form. I have picked out 3 contrasting sorts that are worth seeking out. Wood Anemones, Wind Flower and Anemone Blanda Daisy-like flowers in white and purple to form a carpet of dazzling colour. These low-growing Anemones are extremely free-flowering and [...]

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