Quinces are ornamental flowering trees that live for a long time, grow to a medium size and produce fruit. Best of all, they aren’t prone to some of the other fruit tree problems you can experience with other fruit trees. The fruit should not be eaten in its raw form, however, it is great for making jellies and jams, which is what draws many gardeners to this fantastic fruit tree. Grows well in most soils…
Quince leaf blight is a fungal disease that can actually prove to be quite disastrous to Quince trees. It will affect trees most heavily when the weather has been wet and damp and results in severe leaf spotting, eventually, your leaves will fall off, and the fruit can be spotted and distorted too. These trees are often affected by this disease, especially if you experience wet summers where you live, which in the UK is…
This is an elegant flower and the good news is they are quite easy to grow, so nearly anyone can take advantage of these perennials. They typically reach a maximum height of around 60cm, although you can also get some alpine rockery style varieties that grow much smaller. Their eventual growing height makes them perfect to plant in the middle of a border garden that needs varying heights of vertical plants. You can also find…
If you are growing quince trees, it’s important that you prune these trees regularly. The trees tend to look after themselves quite well but you can help them by pruning near the end of dormancy to encourage better fruiting. When should you prune quince trees? – Between Autumn and late Spring Quince trees will fruit primarily on the tips of the shoots that they produced the previous year, so the main aim of pruning is…
Japanese Anemones flowers are beautiful, often sitting happily above their green foliage. Producing flowers that are often white or pink, they are probably one of the most popular perennials to grow and it’s not hard to see why. They will flower from the summer, right through to the beginning of autumn. If you have successfully grown these plants in your garden, you can divide them periodically just as the new growth is emerging to prevent…
