Providing Support for Climbing Plants
There are many climbers and shrubs which do not possess natural means of supporting themselves and therefore some type of artificial support has to be given. One of the commonest methods for brick...
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Many wall plants, once they are established and making good root growth, become strong, vigorous growers and will benefit by regular annual feeding. This is especially necessary if they are growing in...
View ArticleHow to Prune Climbing and Wall Plants
Plants which are grown on a wall usually have to be kept within certain limits. To do this the plants need a periodical, usually annual, pruning or training, which is dependent on two factors, the...
View ArticleRustic Arches and Pergolas
PERGOLAS A pergola is a series of connecting arches that not only links areas of the garden, it also provides shade and support for climbing plants and a very pleasing way of framing a view or aspect...
View ArticleWildlife in our Hedgerows
Nature's Highways As they travel in search of food, mates and shelter, animals follow their own 'highways' - the hedgerows, walls, fences and rivers that thread the countryside of Britain. Much of the...
View ArticleGarden Design: Aspect, Soil and Climate
Garden Design: Aspect Check the aspect of your garden: Shady side: Only morning and evening sun in summer, often moist and cool. East: Morning sun, perhaps cold drying winds. Sunny side: Plants need...
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Garden Daisies
DAZZLING DAISIES DAISY-TYPE FLOWERS dominate the late summer borders together with chrysanthemums and dahlias. These heavily petalled blooms enliven the last days of summer. Aster novi-belgii ‘Lilac...
View ArticleLemaireocereus Cactus
Lemaireocereus Commemorating Charles Lemaire, 1801-71, a famous French cactus specialist (Cactaceae). A genus of some 23 species of greenhouse succulent plants, mostly from South America, with...
View ArticleNopalea Cactus
From the Mexican name for some of the Opuntias (Cactaceae). A genus of about 8 species of greenhouse succulent plants, formerly included in the genus Opuntia, natives of Mexico and Guatemala. The...
View ArticlePersea Gratissima houseplant
Although not everybody would recognize it as Persea gratissima, many houseplant enthusiasts have grown it with varying degrees of success. It is the avocado, or alligator, pear. How successful you are...
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