Images of Dahlia illustrate the colour in my garden rather than the books on my shelves but the books are there to consult through winter. As with all things in the garden and book shelf a good mixture can be most appealing and useful.
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Books on Primula, Auriculas and Polyanthus
The internet can’t give you all the knowledge and joy that a book can provide. Here are some of the books in English about Primulas and related species that are available, even if currently out of print.
Grow Romantic Red Flowers
There is a romantic red flower for virtually every month of the year. Even if your husband or partner fails to deliver the romantic bunch on St Valentine’s day you can grow your own and pretend. Christmas time produces red flowers or at least sepals on the Poinsettia and following that in January, Cyclamen persicum are available in strong red colours.
Drought or Flood in your Garden
Weathermen are forecasting further drought conditions for the summer so gardeners should be prepared for flood!
Percy Thrower a Gardening Celebrity
Percy Thrower has been remembered as a celebrity gardener since he started on radio ‘Gardening Club’ in 1956
Gardening in the Cyber Age
Did you learn to garden when digital meant green fingered? When a web was created by spiders to trap unsuspecting green fly and birds flew inter’net that protected fruit crops? If you answered yes to any of these questions then welcome to ‘the cyber age club’. You are old enough to qualify for one of [...]
John Cushnie 1943-2009
John Cushnie 1943-2009 John Cushnie the landscape gardener, author and radio pundit has died suddenly from a heart attack on 31 December 2009 at the age of 66. For the last 17 years John was a regular panelist on Gardeners’ Question Time, the Hedge Man on Radio 2’s Chris Evans Show, and presented Greenmount Garden [...]
Black Flowers and Foliage for Gardens
As a child did you read ‘The Black Tulip’ or try to grow a black rose? Well here are some tips to help you grow black plants in your garden’. Most of my black plants unfortunately are dead but that still leaves 1999 other varieties to choose from. Foliage Certain dark purple leaves look almost [...]
Carbon Neutral Garden
They are not making ‘Carbon’ anymore nor is carbon ever totally destroyed. Carbon is one of natures greatest recycling projects. Carbon is present in gaseous form like Methane(CH4), Carbon dioxide(CO2) and Carbon monoxide(CO). Carbon is also dissolved in water particularly the oceans but is naturally present most notably as a solid in rocks such as [...]
25 Rose Types
Roses through the centuries have provided colour, scent and challenges for growers. There are so many species and types of Rose without even starting on named varieties and Latin names that some simple classification may be of help to new gardeners.
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Photographs and Images of Purple Iris
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A Plantsman Nursery – Holden Clough
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Lily Photos not Associated with Spring
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Waterlogged Garden
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Grow Colourful Gloxinia as Houseplants
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10 Tips for Taking Flower Photos
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