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Create an Aloe variegata pot display

By Gardeners' World on 22/07/2011 15:23:16

of slate but you could use grit, pebbles, crushed shells or glass chippings. If frost is forecast in May, cover the plants with horticultural fleece at night.AdamKeep this container in the sunniest position possible and it may even reward you with flowers


Canna, eucomis and sedum pot display

By Gardeners' World on 22/07/2011 15:28:19

Thanks to our warmer climate, most of us can now enjoy traditionally tropical plants in our summer gardens. Canna 'Tropicanna' is surprisingly tough for such a lush-looking plant, and can survive outdoors all year round (with a little protection during winter). Boosting the exoti...


How to pot on sweet peas

By Gardeners' World on 20/07/2011 17:43:08

Learn how to pinch out and pot on sweet peas with Sarah Raven's step-by-step video guide.springMore advice on growing flowersGrowing sweet peas from seedGrowing lupinsHow to create a cut flower patchPlanting out cerinthes


Tulip and honeysuckle window box

By Gardeners' World on 20/10/2011 14:34:08

Foliage plays a central role in this window box, which means it looks good even before the citrus-coloured tulips and primroses burst into bloom in spring, adding a zesty splash of colour to your window ledge. September - OctoberFebruary - March20 minutesTulip bulbs x4Primrose p...


How to save calendula seed

By Gardeners' World on 25/08/2011 12:45:08

Save money by collecting and storing seed of your favourite hardy annuals, to sow next year. Saving seed from pot marigold, Calendula officinalis, couldn't be easier. Ensure you allow the seedheads to fully develop on the plant before collecting them (they will turn brown and pap...


Hollyhock rust

By Gardeners' World on 19/10/2011 13:37:06

Rust fungus is the curse of hollyhocks. The undersides of the leaves are often peppered with bright yellow or orange-red rust spots with corresponding beige-yellow splodges on the upper surface. Eventually, it affects the whole plant, with leaves


Growing orange trees

By Kate Bradbury on 04/03/2011 13:40:26

I recently spent a few days in Barcelona. The orange trees growing there were laden with fruit and looked stunning in the February sunshine. I loved seeing them growing outside in the streets, though admit to having felt a pang of jealousy on behalf


The mock orange

By James Alexander-Sinclair on 07/06/2010 16:06:30

of that fabulous scent: the philadelphus, or mock orange.There are a number of different varieties, all deciduous with white flowers and unremarkable foliage. In the first garden I had that actually possessed any soil (the first two were just concrete yards) I


Hummingbird hawkmoths and bumblebees

By Richard Jones on 27/08/2009 11:06:03

at the honeysuckle flowers. But it took me a few days to realize the bumblebees were different. There were several species, but my eye was caught by the well-groomed buff orange ones. In the UK most of the all-orange bumbles, also sometimes called carder bees


Flowers garden job checklist - week 13

By Gardeners' World on 23/11/2011 12:52:32

with low-growing stems can be propagated by layering, such as honeysuckle, mock orange (Philadelphus), rhododendron, magnolia and forsythiaDig up and divide clumps of winter aconitesPlant new shrubs and hardy perennialsCut away old foliage on Christmas


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