Adding some Koi Pond Plants can be a great option to enhance the appearance of your garden. The right plants can provide shade, oxygen, and natural filtration, while also creating a more natural and appealing environment for your fish.
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If your garden is looking lacklustre, a container bursting with vibrant autumnal plants is the quickest and easiest way to give it a boost. There’s a host of beautiful plants that are looking their best right now, that will thrive in a container. Here, we share some of our favourite plants for autumn pots. There are options to suit every colour scheme, and plants that will thrive in sun or shade. Our choices include recommendations from the Gardeners’ World team and familiar faces from across the gardening industry.
Find more planting inspiration:Softening the edges of any container is so important in terms of design. But when you soften them with an evergreen, like trailing rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus), you get fantastic interest all year round, including in autumn. Even better when that plant is edible, highly aromatic, medicinal, delicious and has flowers beloved by pollinators.
Autumn crocus Chosen by Chris Beardshaw, garden designerReliable old hybrids that perform well rarely go out of fashion, and this is true of the vivid amethyst blooms on Colchicum ‘Glory of Heemstede’. Usually seen colonising in open, short grass or through late borders, I find it is a great candidate for a large container, to bring a sparkle in areas where there is a colour lull. It’s especially effective when densely planted, creating a display worthy of a flower vase. After blooming, simply move the pot to a cool and sheltered spot to enjoy the lavish early spring foliage.
Cyclamen Chosen by Pippa Greenwood, Gardeners’ Question Time presenter and plantswomanAdmittedly, some cyclamen are
Adding some Koi Pond Plants can be a great option to enhance the appearance of your garden. The right plants can provide shade, oxygen, and natural filtration, while also creating a more natural and appealing environment for your fish.
Creating a natural privacy screen in the open space of your apartment or a patio can be an effective way to maintain a sense of solitude and block out dust and prying eyes. Here’s a curated list of Tall Plants for Balcony Privacy that also grow wide, offering dense foliage suitable for this purpose.
Even the smallest garden benefits from including at least one tree – if chosen well, they provide year-round colour and interest, benefit wildlife and can make a small garden seem bigger. There’s a host of beautiful trees that can be grown in a small garden, and some that will thrive in a container. Here, we share some of our favourite trees for small gardens. There are options to suit every garden style and trees that will provide fabulous autumn foliage, beautiful spring blossom and delicious fruit for you or vibrant berries for the birds. Our choices include recommendations from the Gardeners’ World team and familiar faces from across the gardening industry.
Growing Monstera plants in water can be a fuss-free experience, even for novice gardeners. While Monsteras generally prefer soil-based environments for long-term growth, some varieties can adapt well to a life fully or partially submerged in water. Here are the best Types of Monstera Plants for Growing in Water without too much trouble.
Add a green element to your restroom by taking inspiration from these beautiful Pictures of Bathroom with Plants!
House plants in a bedroom can bring nature inside and create an attractive, relaxing environment. Studies have shown that house plants can reduce stress levels and improve mood. This suggests that growing plants in your bedroom could help promote a restful atmosphere conducive to a good night’s sleep. Some house plants also regulate humidity levels, and those with high leaf surface area can purify the air by removing dust and other fine particles.
From squiggly furniture to blob-shaped rugs, it’s clear that curves are making a comeback in design. Bubble houses in particular have been, and continue to be, a fascination when it comes to architecture.
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Koi ponds are beyond ornamental displays; they comprise robust ecosystems where aquatic species and plants coexist harmoniously. You can maintain a healthy and balanced Koi pond or water garden by incorporating beneficial plants into your plan.
Probably one of the most difficult tasks in the garden is hillside full sun landscaping. Slopes are prone to erosion, which makes full sun hillside erosion control ground cover a real challenge. The question is, what is the best ground cover for slopes in full sun? Keep reading to learn about hillside ground cover in full sun, as well as trees and shrubs suited to full sun slopes.
Would you like to grow healthy and beautiful lavender plants in your garden? This guide to the best companion plants for lavender will help you to do just that.
It can be hard enough finding suitable shade plants, and choosing the best plants for shady slopes is even harder. The plants need to be be sturdy enough to cling to a slope and also tolerate low light. They are out there, though, if you know where to look. Erosion control shade plants may be bushes, grasses or low groundcovers, and should be adaptable to the site conditions.