In the wake of COVID, the RHS Chelsea Flower Show has this year been held in September for the first time. Here are a few of the highlights in pictures. If you have enjoyed reading our blog post then why not fill in the form provided to allow us to send you our blog[…]
RHS Chelsea Flower Show Gallery 2021
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure RHS Chelsea Flower Show Sep 21, 2021
Pick of the New Seeds From Dobies For 2022
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Fruit and veg gardening, New plants, Ornamental gardening, Seeds Sep 14, 2021
Dobies have been supplying seeds to gardeners for over 125 years, and you can trust them to bring you new and exciting varieties to make your gardening easier and more productive. Below are a few of the varieties I have chosen from their new seed range for 2022 that I feel are particularly outstanding. Nasturtium[…]
Why You Should Sow A Green Manure This Autumn
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Autumn, Fruit and veg gardening, Gardening for beginners, Seeds, Winter Sep 07, 2021
What is a Green Manure? Green manures are seeds sown into vacant areas of soil where no crop is required at that time. They can then later be strimmed and dug into the soil to improve fertility and soil structure. They are usually used in vegetable plots, but can also be used in areas where[…]
Tip Top Tulip Collections
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Bulbs, Colourful combinations, Container gardening, Cut flowers, Ornamental gardening, Spring Aug 31, 2021
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 – Primula Belarina Series
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Fragrant plants, Ornamental gardening, Perennials, Plantaholics choice, Spring Aug 24, 2021
Inimitable Cambridgeshire patio plant breeders the Kerleys really came up trumps with their breeding of the stunning Belarina Primroses and their later Prima Belarina Primroses with larger flowers. Their sumptuous double blooms come at a time of year when most plants have retreated beneath the soil in hibernation. Each of their blooms are like a[…]
The Importance Of Spring Bulbs To Bees
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Bulbs, Container gardening, Gardening for beginners, Ornamental gardening, Spring, Wildlife Gardening Aug 17, 2021
You may have heard many people talk of how important it is to preserve our population of bees, but why? Well, nearly 85% of food crops for humans are pollinated by bees. Many cattle fodder crops are also pollinated by bees. The plants they pollinate also create food and shelter for other wildlife. It is[…]
How To Propagate Strawberries By Runners
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Fruit and veg gardening, Gardening for beginners, Propagation, Summer Aug 10, 2021
Most people love strawberries, and what a treat to have a delicacy that is part of your five a day. Plants can be propagated from seed, but this usually leads to inferior plants. Propagating from runners is more certain to produce plants that are identical to the mother plant. Most strawberry plants, apart from perpetual[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – Primrose ‘Everlast’
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Autumn, Container gardening, New plants, Ornamental gardening, Plantaholics choice, Spring, Winter Aug 03, 2021
This, at first glance, may look like our gorgeous native Primrose, but don’t be fooled. This is the superhero of Primrose breeding. A supercharged version that has been released to the market in recent years and is set to take the gardening world by storm. Primrose Everlast retains the beautiful soft yellow blooms of the[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – Handsome Hyacinth Collections For Your Garden
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Bulbs, Container gardening, Cut flowers, Fragrant plants, Ornamental gardening, Plantaholics choice, Spring Jul 27, 2021
Hyacinths are often thought of as a houseplant for indoor colour from Christmas onwards. Whilst these forced arrangements can provide welcome decoration during a time when there is little garden colour, we must not forget the joy of Hyacinths in the garden, both in borders and containers. These beautiful bulbs burst up through the soil[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – Rose ‘Zepeti’
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Fragrant plants, New plants, Ornamental gardening, Plantaholics choice, Roses Jul 20, 2021
Famous rose breeders Meilland have really come up trumps this time with a truly innovative creation. Rose Zepeti is the kind of plant that is a workaholic to earn it’s place in our gardens, with it’s vivid red semi-double blooms. Below are some of the reasons why I think it deserves a spot in your[…]