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25.07.2024 - 04:33 / finegardening.com / GPOD Contributor
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Today we’re popping down to the Southern Hemisphere and revisiting Lynne Leslie’s garden in Wellington, New Zealand (check out her previous submissions: Lynne’s Windy Garden in New Zealand and Late Spring in Lynne’s Garden). Getting updates from Lynne is a two-fold treat. First, Lynne grows some amazing plants with lots of fabulous flowers that would delight no matter her locale. Second, while us gardeners in the Northern Hemisphere are dealing with heat waves in the peak of summer, New Zealand is experiencing their winter season. We get to see what interesting, and some completely foreign, plants are growing and blooming on the opposite end of the world.
Even with temperatures hovering around 14 degrees the weeds just keep on growing! Gardening means so much to me. As I potter around near the footpath people stop for a chat and I regularly pass on cuttings to encourage others – sharing plants gives me so much pleasure.
Hellebores come in such variety now with new ones appearing in shops every year. I love the traditional ones, but newer types can have such interesting foliage. At the end of the season I cut all foliage and spent flowers off as they spread their seeds with abandon, and aphids love to make the plants their new home.
Another winter favourite is flame vine (Pyrostegia venusta, Zones 9–11).It grows so rapidly that I must cut it back hard after flowering. Great for picking and such a bright light in the garden.
Primrose jasmine (Jasminum mesnyi, Zones 8–11) brings back memories of my Nana, a great gardener. Picked for the vase when buds first appear, the flowers then emerge gradually brightening up the house.
Alstroemeria are a real stalwart – easy to grow and flower for so long. To remove the
Join us this summer as we explore some of the UK’s best 2-for-1 Gardens to visit in August, for fun days out with all the family. Whether it’s an adventure playground or woodland trail for the kids, or a rose garden or restored Elizabethan garden for the horticulturalists, there is plenty to enjoy at these gardens. Visit using your 2-for-1 Gardens card to save money on your trips to all these wonderful gardens.
Extreme heat waves are stressful for almost every type of plant in your garden, from flowers and vegetables to shrubs and trees—but especially for container-grown plants.
This small woody shrub belonging to the mint family is grown for its fragrant, edible, and medicinal leaves and flowers. Growing hyssop has a host of health benefits and is also useful in maintaining a thriving, pest-free garden. Let’s dig in!
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Would you like to perk up your garden this winter? This guide to the best winter plants for pots has lots of gorgeous plant suggestions to inspire you.
WHEN MOST OF US think of growing herbs each spring, what we probably put into our shopping cart, whether from online seed catalogs or at the garden center, are the culinary must-haves: the basil, the parsley, the dill and such.
Hey GPODers! Today we’re back in the flower-filled garden of Heidi Weirether. We first saw her garden a little earlier on in the summer (you check check out that post here: Heidi’s Colorful Garden in Fairfield County) and it’s incredible to see how much has changed in a month’s time! As with much of the northeast this year, Heidi is experiencing incredible hydrangea blooms—but that is just the tip of the floral iceberg in her sensational garden:
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