Cosmos! What a stonking name for a plant evoking all the constellations in the Universe. Growing Cosmos Cosmos flowers are a ring of broad petals and a center of disc florets similar to a daisy. Cosmos flowers are 2-4 inches in diameter. There is a lot of color variation including white, pink, orange, yellow, chocolate [...]
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Help Growing Globe Artichokes
Speciality vegetables are worth a place in the garden and Globe Artichokes are no exception
Local Show Tips
Tips for showing at your local show, keep to schedule present well and have a good time…..
Winter is Coming to Your Garden
First the bad news! The London Met Office has warned that the winter 2011/12 will be similar to our last three winters with cold and snow caused by high pressure trapped around our Islands. Now the good news! These long range forecasts are usually rubbish and the opposite may be true. Even better news for [...]
Growing Phlomis Varieties
Phlomis yellow and purple flowers like several ruffs up a stem in candelabra style get the tips treatment
Growing Calceolaria (Lady’s Purse)
This Calceolaria is growing in a plunge bed of gravel inside a large alpine house. The variety is called Walter Shrimpton and as you can see it is very floriferous given the right conditions. Our local nursery has just started to sell plants of Calceolaria Sunset Red and Sunset Orange and I have bought [...]
Growing Convolvulus Cneorum
Acceptable Convolvulus and unacceptable bindweed
Growing Strelitzia – Bird of Paradise Flower
Strelitzia are flowers that look like birds and are pollinated by birds
Grow Healthy Hydrangeas
To grow health Hydrangeas give them the soil and conditions they like and you will be repayed
Growing Towards the Light
Light affects growth and plants growing towards the direction of the light can damage or create poor looking plants
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