White flowers add brightness to the dingiest of corners. Whole borders and even gardens have been based around white flowers against a foliage background of green or grey. The most famous perhaps is the White Garden created by Vita Sackville-West at her home, Sissinghurst Castle in the Weald of Kent in England. In this part[…]
12 Top White Flowered Plants For The Garden And Home
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Bulbs, Climbing plants, Fragrant plants, Houseplants, Ornamental gardening, Perennials, Roses, Shrubs Feb 02, 2021
Plantaholic’s Choice – NEW Sweet Pea ‘Three Times As Sweet’
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Climbing plants, Container gardening, Fragrant plants, New plants, Plantaholics choice Jan 26, 2021
I’m proud to introduce to you a world exclusive to Thompson and Morgan in 2021, straight from their own breeding by Charles Valin, the stunning Sweet Pea ‘Three Times As Sweet’. This gorgeous plant is the very first modern Grandiflora tri-colour variety to be on the market, and one that you can be one of[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – Mandevilla sanderi ‘Bloom Bells’®Series
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Climbing plants, Container gardening, Exotic Plants, Ornamental gardening, Plantaholics choice Jun 30, 2020
This delightful climbing plant requires a warm conservatory in the winter months, but in summer it provides its exquisite display as a patio specimen. Best grown in pots to move inside in the winter, Mandevilla sanderi ‘Bloom Bells® have dark, glossy, evergreen leaves to provide year-round interest. But it is the gorgeous, trumpet shaped blooms[…]
Colourful Combinations – Rhodochiton Purple Bells and Thunbergia African Sunset
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Climbing plants, Colourful combinations, Container gardening, Ornamental gardening, Summer Mar 31, 2020
It is one thing to know how to grow a plant, but it is another to have an expert eye for amazing plant combinations. This is a skill that gardener, cook, writer and television presenter Sarah Raven posesses in bucket loads. A visit to her stunning garden ‘Perch Hill’ in Sussex is proof of[…]
Pergolas in the garden
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Climbing plants, Garden design, Garden Structures Jul 01, 2019
Pergolas make an attractive and useful garden feature. They can add height to a garden as well as providing a shaded sitting area or walkway to shelter from the sun on hot days. The addition of climbing plants to the uprights enhances not only the visual effect, but also helps to block out the[…]
Plant Profile – Honeysuckle ‘Fragrant Cloud’
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Climbing plants, Fragrant plants, Ornamental gardening, Plant Profiles May 01, 2019
It is practically unheard of to garden in the cottage garden style without including at least one Honeysuckle. Lonicera periclymenum ‘Fragrant Cloud’ is a particularly profusely flowering variety with a heavenly scent. The deep pink spidery blooms have a contrasting beige interior. Copious flowers appear from June to September. After flowering the red berries that[…]