Ideas & How To's
HOW TO: PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS
Your new plants should be installed as soon as possible. If there is some delay in planting, then it is important to guard against moisture loss. Store plants in a shady, wind protected area, and keep the root area evenly moist.
Handle plants gently and use the container or root ball to move the plant. Never hold onto the plant itself. Be sure to place your plants in their preferred growing environment for best results.
HOW TO PLANT A HOT PEPPER GARDEN ?
Want to bring on the heat this summer? We have a range of hot peppers to satisfy your inner daredevil! Be adventurous, try growing a pepper you’ve never had before.
Not only do they spice up dishes, they are also packed with vitamin D, vitamin C, potassium, fiber and beta-carotene.
DIY: BEST PLANTS FOR WET CONDITIONS
The majority of garden plants are tolerant of wet soil for short periods of time. It is very natural for many areas to be quite wet in the spring as the ground thaws and the snow melts.
However, garden sites that remain wet throughout the year demand the use of moisture-tolerant or even moisture-dependent species.
The following is a selection of plant material that enjoy wet soil:
DIY: DESIGNING A PERENNIAL GARDEN FOR SHADE
The shape and size of this design may not be precisely suitable to your garden. We hope that it can at least be helpful as a point of departure.
An important point must be made straight away. We are speaking of moist shade. The many plants that do so well in shade are seeking moist conditions. If constant moisture is ensured many plants can, in fact, be grown in full sun.The plants in our shade garden design have been chosen for their lovely foliage and varied textures, although with the exception of the ferns, they are all beautifully flowering plants.
Given the relatively short bloom time of most perennials it is always important to look for good foliage and in shade-loving plants this is not hard to find.
DIY: FERTILIZERS AND NATURAL SOLUTIONS
DIY: PERENNIALS FOR GROUND COVERS
Ground covers are both decorative and problem solvers. Many thrive in shade or where lawns will not grow; others are ideal for preventing soil erosion and weed control.
Perennials for ground covers are not usually the herbaceous types that die down in winter but rather evergreen types, woody sub-shrubs and those with winter persistent foliage.
DIY: PLANTING A ROCK GARDEN
DIY: SPRING BULBS
Bulbs can be used in nearly any garden or patio setting, giving you flowers, fragrance and brilliant colour with just a little effort. You will be amazed at what will grow from these little brown bulbs. Bigger is better when choosing tubers, corms or rhizomes. Energy for the initial spurt of Spring growth is stored in the bulb or tuber, so a larger bulb means more stored energy and a stronger, healthier plant.
DIY: HARDY ORNAMENTAL GRASSES
DIY: WINTERIZING GARDEN PONDS
DIY: COLOUR SPRING TO FALL – SIX BASIC PERENNIALS
These six essential perennials are plants of size and substance. They will be the backbone of your perennial garden. With the wide choice of cultivars available in each of these six basic plants, any colour scheme is possible.
Your perennial garden could consist totally of these few basic perennials, but if space permits, it is so easy with the many hundreds of perennials available to fill in around them. Not only would this create an increasingly lush garden, you could begin the flower display earlier than the show of Iris and Peony, and extend it later in the fall.
