I am growing my early potatoes in various containers but these canvas sacks look to me to be a great idea.
01.08.2023 - 14:55 / gardenerstips.co.uk / hortoris
Dramatic gardens can be designed on minimalist principles. Minimalist gardens need to look good during all seasons and at all times of the day. Thus all your senses plus horticultural nous need to be considered when setting out your initial design.
Credits Skulpturenpark Köln / Cologne Sculpture Garden. Hubert Kiecol: “Rheinwein” (Rhine wine) in Sou Fujimoto’s “Garden Gallery” from 2011 by wwwuppertal CC BY-NC 2.0
Contemporary BBQ Island by Architectural Environments by Landscape Design Advisor CC BY-ND 2.0 ‘The landscape designer made the most of the limited outdoor space by integrating Mediterranean style and contemporary, minimalist accents. A brick garden wall provides privacy from nearby neighbors while creating a stunning backdrop for the outdoor kitchen area. Grasses, ferns, and simple shrubs soften the view for anyone sitting at the BBQ island.’
I am growing my early potatoes in various containers but these canvas sacks look to me to be a great idea.
Daffodils are classified into 13 divisions and currently one of the most popular is Division 8 Tazetta Narcissi. These are a group of low growing daffodils that are at home in rockeries or containers.
Hosepipe bans and talk of drought conditions turns gardeners minds to plants that can still thrive in those circumstances. I have suggested several types of plant to consider in the lists below.
This is one of the many books in my collection but the only one to focus on growing big, bigger and biggest vegetables. If you want to grow giant vegetable for exhibition or to get large crops then there are many pointers in ‘How to Grow Giant Vegetables’ by Bernard Lavery and below.
Buying tips for indoor Hibiscus. Smaller plants with3-5 branches each with buds are generally the best value. If they loose there buds new ones should soon follow. Look at florists and chain stores as well and garden centres.
Great big flowering Dahlias need some good support early in the season. A walled garden helps but these 4 by 4 canes with string every 12″-18″ add that bit extra. When the plants leaf-up and start to flower they will be heavy and liable to damage without support.
An old cottage garden favourite
There are two great uses for Geraniums that make it worth growing these fine flowering plants. Outdoors they make fantastic border plants and the red varieties are very popular in formal bedding schemes. The second use is as a long flowering houseplant and if you deadhead and feed you plants you will get lots of geraniums from one windowsill plant.
So potato farmers were on the news complaining about the lack of rain which is a bit rich after such a wet winter. Planted seed has not broken the soils surface on some farms. ‘Potato crops will be ruined, prices must go up, spuds have had their chips.’ Short of spudding a new well it is up to the gardener to augment the normal efforts.
Ipomea indica the blue form of Morning Glory is a cool clear blue, a startling colour in the garden. As you would expect from a member of the Convolvulous clan it is a strong twisting and binding climber.