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Don’t Make a Folly of Foliage!

Well it was inevitable – we have run out of colour schemes for your gardens bloomers, so natural progression dictates we focus now on the foliage of a garden and how this can be tailored to suit your colour choices.  As with the floral side of planting, the hue of foliage is affected by the […]

Flowers in Poetry

Since time immemorial flowers have been the subject of literature, paintings and poetry, not only for their beauty but more significantly the connotations that their individual appearances, uses and detriments evoke. Consider how often Shakespeare would characterize flowers or even use them to overshadow the plots of his more tragic plays. Perhaps the most famous […]

Tulipmania

When it comes to the world of luxury, you can’t put a price on exclusivity, and horticulture is no different. Recently Thompson and Morgan made headlines and history in their successful bidding war for the world’s rare yellow variety of snowdrop, Galanthus woronowii  ‘Elizabeth Garrison’. The cultivar in question, which moved for a pricey £725, […]

Irrigation: What’s the cost?

One of the key concerns that modern gardeners face is how best to utilize one of the most important resources to their projects, that is to say water. There are a of myriad different methods that deal with this problem and each has their own benefits and drawbacks, ranging from their basic efficiency, to their […]

Green Roofing

Continuing the theme of the importance of sustainable gardens, here we will discuss what are known as ‘Green Roofs’, the different types available and why they have become such an integral part of modern horticultural planning. As one can ascertain from the name, the basic premise of a Green Roof is to bring plant matter, […]