If you’ve put a great deal of thought, effort and time into your garden, wouldn’t you be a little disappointed if the plants, vegetables and fruit trees didn’t do as well as you’d hoped? Perhaps you need a multi-purpose compost to deliver nutrients to your plants and to hold the water in so they grow up strong and healthy. Compost is a growing medium that improves the condition of your plants by giving organic material…
Phlox is a long-lasting plant that will flower every year, producing a variety of colourful flowers that attract lots of pollinating insects including bees and butterflies alike. They grow very well in the right conditions but in some cases, they grow so well that you need to divide them. Every few years you will notice that your plant stops being as prolific at flowering and this is a good indication that it’s time to divide…
Daphne’s are a wonderful plant to grow for providing extra colour during the winter, especially when February hits and there is limited colour elsewhere in your garden. But it’s not just the winter colour that makes this plant so popular it’s in fact, the beautiful scent that goes with it. These are great shrubs to place near paths or doorways because of the sweet fragrance they offer as well as the evergreen nature of them…
Not all hedges need to require hours of work to maintain them and many require limited pruning too. In fact, if you’re short on time the best hedges are those that are low maintenance and slow-growing although they can take a little longer to reach your desired size. The reason you may want a slow-growing hedge is that it will mostly take care of itself and you won’t have to prune it all the time.…
What have you done about the barren shaded areas that stand out in your otherwise magazine-worthy garden? Are they just bare patches of soil, maybe with weeds growing in them? Have you planted all kinds of plants there and none of them survived? The answer to your problem is shade-tolerant grass. Grass for shaded areas is either naturally tolerant of little sun and dry conditions or is manipulated to survive under these conditions. Some grasses…
Your garden should be a place of relaxation where you can sit out anytime you want. The long, hot, sunny days of summer – when you should be outside – may present a problem if you have no shade. An outdoor patio umbrella is just what you need to protect you from the sun and sunburn. You can choose from a cantilever umbrella that you can place anywhere in your garden (not just on your…
If you are a gardener looking for shrubs that require minimal care, you are not alone. Whether you have health issues, limited time, or just don’t want to be outside tending to your garden as a regular job, there are low-maintenance shrubs that can cope with limited attention and are generally maintenance-free, aside from perhaps a trim every year. Evergreen Shrubs If you are looking for an evergreen shrub, something that gives you a wonderful…
If you are looking to grow Buxus topiaries and hedges, you have a variety of options at your disposal. Picking the right variety is the first step in growing Buxus topiaries and hedges. Some varieties, for example, do better at forming thicker fuller hedges, especially those grown as a cube shape while other varieties do best in containers, particularly the quintessential circular topiaries that are often placed on either side of the doorway. To learn…
Strawberries are a wonderfully simple fruit to grow, especially when you consider that they produce their own runners and can easily fill an entire garden bed providing luscious, bright red fruit every year. The problem is, you aren’t the only one keeping your eyes peeled for that red fruit, and given how the fruit develops beneath the leaves, you probably won’t be the first one to see it either. There are so many things that…
Bay trees are incredibly popular, mainly for the pungent leaves they produce that can be used in a variety of dishes, as well as for their ability to create ornamental designs. You can grow bay trees as a wonderful centrepiece in a herb garden, as an elegant guardian on either side of your front door, or as a plant that you can use for punctuating your border gardens and adding the vertical shape and height…
