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How to grow canna lilies

On 19/07/2011 in Projects: Video projects

Learn how to care for canna plants with Carol Klein's comprehensive video guide covering planting, overwintering, and dealing with viruses such as canna yellow mottle, and bean yellow mosaic.springMore advice on growing exotic plantsGrowing exotic


Greenhouse job checklist - week 32

On 23/11/2011 in Greenhouse checklists

watering a week to keep plants growing stronglyBe vigilant for pests like red spider mite and take action against any right awayBuy narcissus, hyacinths and lachenalias to plant for indoor displaysSow poor man's orchid (schizanthus) to produce flowering


How to grow hippeastrum

On 20/07/2011 in Projects: Greenhouse and house plants

house plantsLooking after orchids, with a video guide from Sarah RavenGrowing orchidsGrowing cactiInstalling an automatic watering systemBrowse a selection of general houseplantsView a variety of cactus plants


Pyramidal orchids

On 15/07/2009 in Plants

Dulwich, pictured left, makes of the wild plants turning up in the rough lawn; they are pyramidal orchids, Anacamptis pyramidalis.I was entranced to find them growing here. They are usually chalk downland plants, and they take me back to my childhood


Talkback: 10 exotic house plants

On 17/07/2012 in forum

I was quite excited at the prospect of some new exotic plants then huge let down when I saw what you were reccomending, I grow more exotic than this already including curry leaf trees (indoors) ginseng and Orchids in my conservatory Can anyone


Does anyone know what this plant is?

On 02/07/2012 in forum

is growing the same one I would think. Definitely not borage, but I don't recognise it  Bob it is not consolida (larkspur) the flowers on that form a mass up the stem, the ones in the picture are individual stem flowers.I looked up Borago officinalis (Borage


waste fish tank water

On 06/04/2012 in forum

Hi, does any one know if the water I remove from my fish tank when I do a water change would help or hinder my fruit and vegetables ? I know my husband used to use it on our Orchids and they rocketed - loved it. Must be good for plants that like


New pictures of orchids and nepenthes

On 11/12/2012 in forum

hello gardener, maybe somebody like to have a look at my new pictures in my album. Some nepenthes growing in my area, but not native,they came from human transporting many years ago. The orchids are all native wild species, not so nice like


How to grow pulses indoors

On 20/07/2011 in Projects: Greenhouse and house plants

on caring for orchidsGrowing cactiCreating a display of hyacinthsBrowse our collection of houseplantsChoose plants by flower colour


Native plants

On 04/12/2009 in Wildlife

Growing native plants is big news these days, but what is a native plant exactly? Well, it's not just a plant native to our country. According to the Natural History Museum, if you want to grow native, you need to grow plants native to your postcode


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