Flowering and foliage plants for March are considerably more plentiful than the previous months. I've gone for quite a subtle colour scheme this month. There's good reason, March tends to see the start of spring bulbs. Swathes of bright yellow, orange and pink can appear and cause some mighty awful clashes, if you're not careful! So this scheme will work well with whatever you … [Read more...] about Plant Selection – Marvellous in March
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Plant Selection – Fabulous in February
Garden planting in February can still be quite a hard month to have the garden look good in. We are still relying heavily on those evergreen plants to save the day. Right click image and choose ‘Save As’ to download a larger version. Ilex crenata Convexed Gold This small evergreen plant, for all intense and purposes, looks just like a 'golden box' shrub. It's not … [Read more...] about Plant Selection – Fabulous in February
Plant Selection – Jolly in January
Garden planting in January can be one of the hardest months to have the garden look good in. It's the time of year where the evergreen plants really come in to their own. Right click image and choose ‘Save As’ to download a larger version. How to make sure the plants you add look good for the whole year I generally try to make sure that the evergreen shrubs I put in to … [Read more...] about Plant Selection – Jolly in January
Plant Selection – Dapper in December! And your chance to get a free garden sketch design…
December can be quite a dull time for the garden, but with a few flowering evergreens, to go along side your existing summer flowering plants, you can still have a continuation of interest. The suggestions below can be planted in with your existing plants to add a bit of colour, or you can plant the selection together in the combination below. Right click on the image … [Read more...] about Plant Selection – Dapper in December! And your chance to get a free garden sketch design…
Garden Plant Selection – Nice in November
November can be a depressing month weather-wise, particularly in the UK, but with the right plant combinations in your garden, you can help lift the gloom of the coming winter months. Right click image and choose 'Save As' to download a larger version. Arbutus unedo 'Rubra' - Killarney strawberry tree This evergreen shrub / small tree is great at the back of a border. It … [Read more...] about Garden Plant Selection – Nice in November
Garden Plant Selection – Oranges for October
This month's plant selection will help you get the most from the autumn colour that's all around. By adding some additional splashes of orange into your planting borders, it will enhance the effects of the autumnal leaf colours of the trees. Most of the pink flowers will have finished so won't clash with some vibrant orange. Click on the image above to view larger and … [Read more...] about Garden Plant Selection – Oranges for October
Garden Plant Selection – September Stunners
To help you choose plants for your garden, here's a selection of some of my September favourites to brighten up a sunny border. You can either plant them together in combination or mix them in with your existing plants. Click on the image above to view larger and right click 'save as' to download it. Most of my September plant selection do have longer flowering periods … [Read more...] about Garden Plant Selection – September Stunners
Plant Design Tips and Plant Choosing Tools
Plants, let's talk plants. Spring is here, or so they tell us, though we're not seeing much sign of it at the moment here in the UK. With Easter upon us any moment, the traditional start to the gardening year looks like it's not going to get off to the usual flurry of garden centre purchasing. A tragedy for garden centres but if you want to make this year the year you … [Read more...] about Plant Design Tips and Plant Choosing Tools
Plant Picking Tools – 3 great ways to help you choose the right plants for your garden
Choosing the right garden plants can be quite tricky, in part because of the sheer range that's available in most garden centres these days. All sorts of plants from the world over can be brought home and planted. Trouble is the conditions a plant gets in its native habitat aren't necessarily what you have in your back garden. If you want an easy life, i.e. one that doesn't … [Read more...] about Plant Picking Tools – 3 great ways to help you choose the right plants for your garden
Choosing Plants for Your Garden
Are You a Plant Whisperer or Accidental Plant Assassin? Are you a totally new gardener or have established yourself as an accidental plant serial-killer? Perhaps you consider yourself so brown thumbed that plants stand no chance in your mere presence? Or are you just someone that has struggled to grow the plants that you want in your garden and don't know why? If the … [Read more...] about Choosing Plants for Your Garden
