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Friday, 21 October 2011 08:28 |
Seasonal highlights More than at any other time, the garden is a refuge now. As a place to escape from sweaty cars and offices it can’t be bettered and in these recessionary times, leisure destinations that are as economical or rewarding are very hard to find.This is the time when an old garden, one that you’ve grown with over the years, can be at its most delightful. |
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Monday, 22 August 2011 04:59 |
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Heat’ is a powerful sensory stimulus – look at how it is used in advertising everything from perfumes to cars. Heat equates to danger, excitement, sexual attraction. Plants can very much evoke a sense of heat too, with vivid colours setting the pulse racing. Rudbeckia and Echinacea are two prairie flowers that love it as the mercury climbs and look just right shimmering in the sun. |
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Monday, 16 May 2011 08:46 |
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Which plant group is the backbone of the summer garden, delivering colour, fragrance and attracting the attention of beneficial wildlife and humans alike? The answer is perennials, that wonderful family of herbaceous plants that launch into life every spring. |
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Monday, 15 November 2010 00:00 |
Euphorbia, one of the about 300 genera to be found within the family Euphorbiaceae, is often overlooked as a herbaceous perennials in North America since most of the over 2,000 species within Euphorbia are tropical or subtropical in origin. The ubiquitous (in November/December) Poinsettia (E. pulcherrima) is perhaps the most well known of the genus but with so many species there is an extreme amount of diversity. There are several species of more temperate origin that can add interest and variety to our colder landscapes.
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Thursday, 09 September 2010 18:46 |
The family Asteraceae (formally known as Compositae) is the largest grouping of the flowering plants with over 1600 genera including many favorites, all with daisy like flowers, such as Chrysanthemum, Heliopsis (Sunflower), Zinnia, Ligularia, Solidago (Goldenrod) and of course Aster, to name just a few.The family Asteraceae (formally known as Compositae) is the largest grouping of the flowering plants with over 1600 genera including many favorites, all with daisy like flowers, such as Chrysanthemum, Heliopsis (Sunflower), Zinnia, Ligularia, Solidago (Goldenrod) and of course Aster, to name just a few.
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