If you want to increase your stock of border plants - now’s the time to sow! Read more...
The Japanese Flamingo Tree or Salix integra 'Hakuro-Nishiki' is an extremely popular, colourful small tree or bush. Elegant, fast-growing new shoots are heavily blotched with white and pink, fading as the leaf ages. Slender yellow catkins appear in spring before the leaves. The branches are long and slightly droop, making it ideal for planting by pools or streams. Also, an ideal tree for the small garden or even planted in a pot on the patio. It will thicken right out year on year to provide an ever better show.
Chrysanthemums or 'Garden Mums' are an old standby in the autumn garden, but many gardeners do not realize there are hardy perennial mums that can be planted in the garden and only improve with age. Read more...
Water lilies can be planted through the whole of July, leaving plenty of time for them to establish before the onset of winter weather. New plants should be placed no lower than six in (15cm) below the surface. Site them on piles of bricks, removing one at a time as the plant grows until the container can sit on the bottom of the pond. Older plants can be divided, old foliage removed, potted into aquatic compost and treated the same as new.
These colourful spring bedding plants are a favourite of many gardeners (and parks managers) around the country. Read more...
Everyone loves a nice lawn, it sets the scene of the whole garden - with a good-looking lawn the whole garden can look presentable, even if the beds and border don't exactly bear close scrutiny! Read more...
