Should you buy plants on sale in garden centres? "The Garden Mama," radio host Nellie Neal will be the keynote speaker during lunch, reflecting on container gardening. "To adapt and to be able to keep on growing after three knee surgeries before the age of 35,1 began gardening primarily...
Most garden centres will suggest you plant native plants instead. Interestingly, I cannot find any references to avoiding planting jacaranda trees in Western Australia. There’s many nurseries offering them for sale and information about caring for young trees. Our local council has planted several ...
We also sell perennial herbaceous plants and Alpines with most of our stock going to council landscapers, garden centres and nurseries. Throughout the year there are small sidelines that help to keep everyone busy even in the bad weather such as table centrepieces for weddings, and a few yea...
I use a mixture of compost with around 25% vermiculite for growing on. I grow larger seeds such as sweet peas, broad or runner beans in the same 50/50 mix without sieving, planting into root trainers or toilet roll centres. I use grit when sowing alpine seeds. What is your secret to ...
In ancient Ireland the main Bealtaine fire was held on the central hill of Uisneach 'the navel of Ireland', one of the ritual centres of the country, which is located in what is now County Westmeath. In Ireland the lighting of bonfires on Oidhche Bhealtaine seems only to have survived ...
When choosing daylily cultivars, like Happy Returns or Catherine Woodbury, you’ll learn there are numerous flower forms and shapes available at garden centres or online. From single flowering daylilies which have trumpet-shaped blooms to spider daylilies whose unique flowers have long, narrow petal...