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Plant your Red, White and Blue themed plants to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the 2012 Olympics. Crocus.co.uk have a very patriotic planting combination available just in time for these momentous occasions. This lovely, colourful and fragrant collection consists of … [Read more...]
Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world used in either sweet or savory dishes. It has a wonderful sweet, earthy taste and is a popular spice for rice. Saffron comes from the bright red stigmas of the saffron crocus (Crocus sativus). Plant the bulbs during August (or when your bulbs arrive) … [Read more...]
Papaver rhoeas or Flanders Poppy is the common red poppy familiar to millions as the symbol for Remembrance Day. These bright scarlet red flowers add a bright splash of colour in areas where you may struggle to grow anything else and as they self seed in their hundreds they are extremely low … [Read more...]
Now is the time to sow green manures on your vegetable plot or allotment. At this time of year most people will be harvesting the last of their vegetable crops and will be left with large areas of bare soil. To help stop weeds germinating and to improve the soil for next season, sow green manures. … [Read more...]
People either love or hate grasses but at this time of year they add enormous interest to any garden; there is a huge range available adding gossamer effects, autumn colour, and winter shapes as well as a gentle rustling as the wind whips around the garden. Some are low and spreading and so fill in … [Read more...]
I've just been to buy my prepared hyacinths and some paper-white narcissi. Here's what to do to get yours to produce scented flowers in time for Christmas: Choose a nice pot and plant up your bulbs leaving the tops of the bulbs poking out of the compost Water in and place the pots in a cool, dark … [Read more...]
One of the most rewarding sights in my garden this year has been the Clematis. Over the years I have planted a number of early and late flowering Clematis below my established shrubs which has meant that when you least expect it wonderfully coloured flowers emerge from the shrubs foliage. Not all … [Read more...]
Earlier in the year I decided to clear out a small bed which had become overgrown with conifers and ivy. I dug out the roots and added some fertiliser and waited until the weather warmed up. Over the last year or so I had accumulated a number of annual seed packets so in early June I took a small … [Read more...]
Wisteria is a wonderful, colourful climber which is very easy to grow and has hanging, fragrant clusters of flowers during May and June Ideally Wisteria should be grown against a wall or fence with a sturdy support system in place. However, it can be grown as a tree or shrub if pruned … [Read more...]
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