Autumn Sown, Well Grown

Any plant that enjoys a bit of shade in your garden can be grown inside your home too! Have a look at some of the best Outdoor Plants that Can be Grown Indoors

Our new autumn season is here! And with it comes an extensive range of NEW and exciting spring-flowering bulbs. We simply cannot wait to show you what you can plant in your gardens this autumn. Here are just a few selections from our new range that you should definitely be growing this year.  Tulips 

It seems strange, I know, to talk of growing winter crops for the polytunnel or glasshouse, smack-bang in the middle of a very sultry Irish summer. But the simple truth is that the secret to making the best, and most productive use, of these valuable covered growing spaces throughout the year has always been to plan and propagate very far ahead.

Surprisingly, even way up north in Aberdeen the garden still holds on to a Summer look at the very end of September, and with an improvement in the weather, lets hope for an Indian Summer.

Sedum Spectabile Autumn Joy brings great colour to the border when so many other perennials have gone over.

We planted the Hebe Autumn Glory in our front garden four years ago.

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This hardy perennial is a favorite among gardeners for its stunning display of pink flowers that bloom late into the fall season. Delve into everything you need to know about Autumn Joy Sedum Care to keep it healthy and vibrant all season long.

Autumn Glory at Great Dixter The autumn plant fair at Dixter just gets better and better – and going there on a day of cloudless blue skies and warm sun made it particularly glorious. This year there were thirty-two stands including several specialist nurseries from Europe as well as the cream of the UK crop.

This is always my favourite of the shows at Vincent Square – it is full of late autumn colour and magnificent displays of fruit and vegetables.  This one was no exception and was full of enthusiastic gardeners buying plants and oohing and aahing  over the perfectly manicured giant vegetables.

‘Never!’ would probably be his reply – and it’s true that his Wonkavator is highly theatrical and (as  ever) a challenge to the powers that be at the RHS – but the underlying garden design is accomplished and well executed and I really liked it.  It’s a garden of sh

Back in early September when I was clearing and replanting the woodland part of the garden, I got ruthless with some of the leggy Japanese Anemones and cut them right back. Most had finished flowering anyway and even these toughies were struggling in the low light conditions before I pruned back the lower branches of the trees and shrubs. All the new pl