Maintaining a beautiful garden can be challenging especially when planning a holiday. Ensuring your plants thrive while you are away means choosing the right plants not relying on friends and neighbours to “Do the Watering”. Better to choose plants that will withstand dry conditions and require less water once established.
Summer heralds a symphony of colours in our English country gardens as numerous herbaceous perennials begin to bloom. Among the standout choices are the striking Agapanthus, the ever popular Salvias, delightful Dianthus, and resilient hardy Geraniums.
You may think you know all about Britain’s Favourite Flower but they have more qualities than you may think. There was a time when in the pursuit of the perfect looking bloom plant selectors rather disregarded the beautiful scents. The “Old Fashioned Shrub” varieties which were often large and untidy in habit were abandoned for neat bushes with perfectly shaped flowers.
March is the classic time to start sowing flower and vegetable seeds in preparation for the warmer months ahead. By choosing the right seeds and propagation products, we gardeners can ensure a bountiful harvest and a colourful display of blooms in our gardens for the months to come.
In February the garden begins to wake with Snowdrops Cyclamen and little Daffodils heralding Spring. We are constantly told that spring is arriving earlier each year so let’s catch up before the buds burst, shoots emerge and weeds start to germinate.
