Summer flowering bulbs - easy and cost effective way to add colour to your garden

  Now, especially as the clocks have gone to “Summer Time” is the ideal opportunity to get planting your Summer flowering bulbs, for long lasting & cost effective colour that will last well into late Summer & early Autumn. As summer flowering bulbs are not frost hardy, at this time of the year, we plant them into pots and then ...

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Ground Cover Plants For Any Garden!

Ground cover plants are naturally low-growing plants that cover the soil with attractive foliage or flowers or a combination of both and help create a low maintenance and somewhat weed free area in your garden. They usually cover the ground quite quickly, covering bare soil and can be deciduous or evergreen. Ground cover plants are gre...

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Easy to grow perennials to plant now for colourful summer display

We can certainly feel Spring is knocking on the door, with brighter evenings, lambs in the fields and daffodils, snowdrops and crocus showing plenty of colour and lots of perennial plants starting to burst into flower. Herbaceous perennials - plants that die back into the ground to over winter and start to re-emerge in Spring - these p...

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Growing your own fruit and berries

Growing your own fruit and berries Planting some fruit now for a homegrown harvest this summer   Now is the perfect time to pick out your favorite fruit plants, get them in the ground or in containers for homegrown flavour that is unrivalled in terms of taste. Apples, Plums, Pears or Rhubarb, Strawberries, Blueberries - all good to gro...

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Making your garden wildlife friendly for Winter - A Few Simple steps to make a big difference

Making your garden wildlife friendly for Winter As winter starts to approach we tend to spend a little less time in the garden but there’s plenty we can do to create a haven for all sorts of wildlife in our garden - be that big or small - and we’ll enjoy many benefits from our actions. Having a garden that provides shelter and food...

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Planting a hedge in coastal areas

Planting a hedge in coastal areas Planting a hedge in coastal areas - A selection of tried and tested plants to suit windy and coastal sites Living by the coast can mean enjoying beautiful sea views, lovely landscapes and beautiful sunsets but can offer some quite challenging gardening conditions - strong salt laden winds and not muc...

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