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Photographs and Images of Purple Iris

By on May 4, 2012 in Flowers and Plants

Iris photographs show the gardener there is more than one purple and there is many more than one form of Iris and isn’t that all to the good?

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Tips for Growing Tasty Tomatoes.

By on May 1, 2012 in Fruit, Vegetables & Herbs

From seed sowing, disease prevention, watering, feeding, supporting and pinching out you will find all the tomato tips you need

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Tips Growing Scented Lilacs Species and Hybrids

By on April 29, 2012 in Shrubs and Trees

Grow Lilacs such as (Syringa vulgaris ) as one of the most rewarding spring or early summer flowering shrubs. It rewards us with the most attractive scent and beautiful flowers. Even when not in flower, the lilac makes a nice attractive deciduous, green leaved shrub, that can form part of a hedge or shelter the garden.

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Growing Herbs Outdoors – Tips for Better Crops

By on April 29, 2012 in Fruit, Vegetables & Herbs

Some herbs can be difficult to grow in the open garden but it is worth persisting. Here are some simple tips to help get bigger and better crops together with some perennial herb plants to start you off.

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Garden Colour from Books or Dahlias

By on April 29, 2012 in Books, Flowers and Plants

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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Top Garden Shrubs 2nd Week April

By on April 26, 2012 in Shrubs and Trees

Mid April and the Flowering currants are giving way to the Pieris japonica exchanging pink for red in floral terms and berries for small clusters of bell shaped flowers.

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Rose Pruning in Spring is a Snip

By on April 26, 2012 in Flowers and Plants, Novice Gardeners Advice and Pointers

Snip away at your roses in spring before Easter and the new stems and leaves will help produce some great summer flowers. For big flowers on HT roses disbud so one good one is allowed to flower per stem and you will be rewarded by potentially growing the ‘best in show’

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Primula Champagne White Rose

By on April 26, 2012 in Primulas

Primula breeders have having a renaissance with several new introductions each year. Champagne White Rose will hopefully stay the distance but as with Victorian varieties they may be lost over time

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Growing Nasturtium as a Food Crop

By on April 26, 2012 in Fruit, Vegetables & Herbs, Tips Hints and Ideas

Watercress is a variety of Nasturtium and makes a soup and a vegetable whilst the floral Nasturtiums we think about has tangy peppery leaves edible flowers and seeds you can crunch or pickle. A versatile food crop to grow in you veg plot of streamside

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Gardening After the Flower Arrangers Visit

By on April 24, 2012 in Flowers and Plants

After the flower arranger has taken the scissors and snippers to the plants in the garden I recommend you give your plants a thankyou! Flowers and shrubs will respond again if they are treated properly.

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