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ROOTCUP

What a great idea for rooting cuttings - and so stylish too!

They are molded from flexible elastomen thats UV resistant, nonporous and water proof.

www.rootcup.com



EGG GARDENS

The perfect planting job for a wet or snowy March day!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardenprojects/9941135/How-to-make-teeny-tiny-container-gardens.html

NO MOW GRASS

Why bother with a high maintenance, manicured and striped lawn when you can have these wonderful mounds of 'No Mow Grass'?

http://www.studiogblog.com/grow/lawns-turf-grass/korean-no-mow-grass/

MOSS

With our changing climate especially with all the rain in the UK last year, moss is a likely candidate as perfect ground cover in our yards.

This is a display box at Kyoto's Silver Temple in Japan showing a range of mosses that are used in the formal garden there. But I love the format of the display boxes which makes a superb feature in its own right - it would look great with a range of different saxifrages as well.

http://gardenista.com/posts/10-easy-pieces-the-most-magical-mosses

CLEMATIS ARMANDII

Clematis armandii is a great early flowering clematis especially for south facing walls or fences.
The large dark green leathery leaves help it to cling onto trellis supports or other plants. Let it ramble amongst other climbers to create year long interest.

STRING GARDENS

Feder van der Falks 'string gardens' - are they the new minimalist hanging basklet?

http://remodelista.com/posts/string-gardens-by-feder-van-der-falk/

 

WHEN YOUR HANGING BASKET IS TOO HEAVY

What do you do when your hanging basket is just too heavy to hang on the wall bracket?

It seemed a great idea to choose a square gothic looking wire hanging basket for this years summer display. Colour theme was chosen - red and yellow with petunias, golden creeeping jenny, variegated geranium and a gold leaved trailing fuchsia.

Once planted and settled in, it looked super but it was just too heavy. So I emptied out plants and compost and packed the base with polystyrene but it was still too heavy.

It now has pride of place on top of a pillar -looks as if it was made for the position!

WALLFLOWERS ARE MORE THAN JUST BEDDING

We are all familiar with bedding wallflowers, planted out in the autumn in containers and borders ready to provide us with colour in spring. The plants used are biennials that we throw away after flowering. There are though perennial wallflowers such as the variety Fragrant Star as shown above that last for many years and form bushy plants that flower for several weeks each spring. They are perfect for smaller gardens as they keep compact and bushy and don't need a lot of looking after.

SNOWDROPS

Most people think that snowdrops are only for planting in the open ground, in large drifts under trees. They do look stunning when seen like that. But why not buy them now in full flower in pots and plant them in your hanging basket or containers to give a few weeks of sparkling pleasure.

WINTER COLOUR WITH EVERGREENS

Winter colour in the yard is not always about spring flowering bulbs and winter bedding plants. Evergreens have a wide range of shades and tones that look particulary effective when they are grouped together. Size of leaf makes an interesting contrast when mixed in a group especially in wet conditions when large shiny leaves reflect against smaller matt ones.