Hedgehogs are delightful creatures and are of benefit to our gardens as they eat slugs, snails and insects. Read the tips below to find out how best to care for and encourage them in your garden. Leaving wild areas in the garden with piles of logs and leaves will help to provide a home for[…]
12 Tips For A Hedgehog-Friendly Garden
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Wildlife Gardening Sep 29, 2020
Grow Your Own Pineapples
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Exotic Plants, Fruit and veg gardening, Houseplants Sep 21, 2020
I have written about many unusual plants during my time as a blogger, but this has got to be a real novelty. You can amaze your friends and family by serving them up a delicious pineapple that you have grown yourself here in the U.K! Some of you may have grown various Bromeliad plants as[…]
Gardening News – New Flower And Veg Seeds From Suttons For 2021
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Fruit and veg gardening, Gardening news, Ornamental gardening, Seeds Sep 15, 2020
Many of the new season’s seed ranges are available online now or in the coming weeks. If you are anything like me you will derive great pleasure from trawling through the new seed selections and, with bated breath, you will be eager to discover the latest breeding in flowers for your summer displays and fruit[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – Renaissance Roses
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Cut flowers, Fragrant plants, Ornamental gardening, Plantaholics choice, Roses Sep 08, 2020
Introduced by the world renowned Danish breeder Poulsen, these stunning varieties have all the benefits of modern breeding alongside the delightful appearance of the romantic, traditional flower forms of times gone by. Below are some of the reasons why this astonishing range of plants undoubtedly deserve a place in our gardens. Large, colourful old rose[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – Desirable Daffodil Collections
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Bulbs, Container gardening, Cut flowers, Ornamental gardening, Plantaholics choice, Spring Sep 01, 2020
Many among us are delighted by the appearance of the first daffodils, more correctly known as Narcissi, heralding that spring is well and truly on the way. Some of us will always love the quintessential yellow trumpet varieties that perhaps remind us of halcyon days. There are of course many other types these days in[…]
Plantaholics Choice – Tip Top Tulip Collections
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Bulbs, Container gardening, Ornamental gardening, Plantaholics choice, Spring Aug 24, 2020
The tulip has long been a beloved favourite of mine. Their innate beauty comes at a time of year when many of our garden plants are still dormant. Apart from a true blue, one would be hard pushed to imagine a colour of the rainbow in which their alluring blooms are not available. Their flowers are[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – Wallflower Sugar Rush Series
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Autumn, Container gardening, Fragrant plants, Ornamental gardening, Plantaholics choice, Spring Aug 18, 2020
Many of us produce stunning garden displays in the summer months, but autumn through to spring can be equally if not more important to brighten up the cooler, darker months of the year when we all need cheering up. Wallflower Sugar Rush are one of the fairly newly bred varieties that are perfect for this[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – Pansy ‘Matrix’™ Series
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Autumn, Container gardening, Ornamental gardening, Plantaholics choice, Spring, Winter Aug 11, 2020
We may be still enjoying the summer sunshine, but whether we like it or not, it is time to start to plan our autumn through to spring garden displays before all the best plants are sold out. These plants can be grown to order for us so we receive the cream of the crop. There[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – NEW Camellia ‘1001 Summer Nights’ Jasmine
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, New plants, Ornamental gardening, Plantaholics choice, Shrubs, Summer Aug 04, 2020
I recommend you be one of the first to grow this unique Japanese breeding breakthrough. Many of us are familiar with the stunning spring-flowering Camellias with their stunning, exotic blooms, whether we’ve seen them in the gardens of stately homes or grow them in our own gardens. This however is something even more special. This[…]
How To Grow Saffron
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Autumn, Bulbs, Container gardening, Fruit and veg gardening Jul 29, 2020
Saffron is the world’s most expensive spice, so why not try your hand at growing your own. It comes from the Saffron Crocus (Crocus Sativus) and is prized for adding flavour, colour and aroma to dishes such as Paella. It is also used as a dye and over the centuries it has been reputed to[…]