Five Mistakes to Avoid Growing Giant Sunflowers from seed
Growing giant sunflowers from seed can be fraught with problems so to save disappointment check out my five mistakes to avoid when growing giant sunflowers from seed. That way even if things do go...
View ArticleTropical gardens UK: Beautiful English Exotic Garden Late Spring Tour a...
Despite still being June, so late spring, exotic gardens are only just starting to emerge from the soil. Yet there are many cold-hardy, tropical effect-gardens being featured on YouTube. Not wanting to...
View ArticleHow to Get Rid of the Scarlet Lily Beetle Using Organic Control
The scarlet lily beetle is a voracious pest which can cause devastation on your ornamental lilies. However using insecticides can put beneficial insects, bees and other pollinators at risk so to avoid...
View ArticleFive Mistakes to Avoid Growing Roses
Roses are amongst the most beautiful flowering plants but they can suffer for common problems such as rust, black spot, powdery mildew, crown gall and aphids , so check out these five mistakes to avoid...
View ArticleFive Must-Have Exotic Plants for Your Tropical Garden
If you are looking to create a cold-hardy, exotic, tropical-effect garden then these are my five must-have exotic plants for your. Now this doesn't mean that there aren't other plants that are equally...
View ArticleHow to Propagate, Pot on and Root an Agave Cactus Pup Side Shoot
Producing free Agaves by propagating, potting on and rooting the pups or side shoots is a great way to increase you stock of cacti. It tidies up the look of the parent plants and gives you an...
View ArticleTropical Gardens UK: Did My Free Exotic Plants by Propagation Succeed o...
We've been on a journey of propagation this last year to help build up plant stocks for our cold-hardy, tropical effect, exotic garden, but did our attempt to gain free exotic plants by propagation...
View ArticleTropical Gardens UK: 10 Ten Easy Exotic Plants for Beginners
Cold hardy, tropical effect gardens have been popular in the UK since the Victorians but over the past century so much more is known about which plants are suitably hardy enough to provide an exotic...
View ArticleTropical Gardens UK: Is this Orchid Cactus 'Disocactus ackermannii' Genu...
You don't normally associate orchid cacti as being cold hardy plants but Disocactus ackermannii may be the exception in being genuinely cold hardy. English horticulturist Simon has been growing this...
View ArticleTropical Gardens: Spain's Secret Exotic Islamic Paradise Garden
This was an absolute treat! We were making our way to the Tourist Office only to find that it was housed withing a stunning Islamic style palace with adjoining paradise garden! Something we really...
View ArticleFive Mistakes to Avoid When Growing Tree Ferns - Dicksonia antarctica
Tree ferns are expensive and usual struggle to maintain their conditions in most UK gardens so to help stop the decline in quality check out my five mistakes to avoid when growing Tree Ferns -...
View ArticleTropical Gardens UK: Mistakes to Avoid When Growing Tree Echium from See...
Tree Echiums will readily produce viable seed, much of which will germinate into seedlings near to the parent plant but they will often fail when potted on - even by experienced gardeners. So in this...
View ArticleWhy is My Camellia Plant not Flowering?
Camellias only flower for a few weeks of the year, so for the other 11 months they are generally forgotten. This is a mistake and can be disastrous for the following spring if they are neglected over...
View ArticleUK Tropical Gardens: Welcome To Our Newly Planted Exotic Garden - PART TWO
First of all, check out the first part of 'Welcome to our Newly Planted (But Not Yet Finished) Exotic Garden' video which you can find at the link below:https://youtu.be/WApjlUHNwosYou will see that...
View ArticleHow to Grow Giant Tree Lilies
Tree lilies are a fantastic collection of robust cultivars that aren't really grown in perhaps the numbers they should be however if you have your eye on growing these spectacular plants then check out...
View ArticleTropical Gardens UK: How to Create an Exotic Garden on a Budget
Large tropical-effect, exotic gardens can be both very impressive and extremely expensive to achieve so when trying to achieve the same effect in your own garden what can you do in order to keep costs...
View ArticleFive Reasons Why Lorna Hates Roses
At face value roses can be a wonderful garden plant, however for those who try to keep them in top condition there are many reasons why they can attract a certain amount of hatred from seasoned...
View ArticlePoisonous Garden Plants That Can Kill You!
You may think that the plants brought from your local garden centre are entirely safe but think again! Many of these species found on display are highly toxic, which if ingested in sufficient quantity...
View ArticleSmall Tropical Garden UK
An exotic garden is a great design choice for small gardens. However to get that tropical look with relatively hardy plants requires a little research, both for information and ideas. In this video...
View ArticleGiant Tree Lilies - What Do You Need to Know?
Tree lilies are a fantastic group of cultivars, the result of hybridizing oriental lilies and trumpet lilies. As a relatively new group of flowering plants they are rarely seen in the garden centres...
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