Dahlias are so popular in our summer gardens. This wonderful new variety really caught my eye as soon as I saw it. Dahlia Tropical Breeze is not one of the tall varieties that need staking, but rather a bedding variety that is ideal for our containers and front of border. Rather than having to wait[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – NEW Dahlia ‘Tropical Breeze’ (Dahlinova Hypnotica Series)
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, New plants, Ornamental gardening, Plantaholics choice, Summer Mar 10, 2020
Plantaholic’s Choice – NEW Calceolaria Calynopsis Collection
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, New plants, Ornamental gardening, Plantaholics choice, Spring Mar 03, 2020
Some of the older readers may remember the Calceolaria from past times, but these wonderful Calynopsis varieties with their exotic, jewel-like blooms are a real breakthrough. The Calceolarias have been named things such as Slipper Flower, Pocketbook Plant, Pouch Flower and Slipperwort. Below I want to list some reasons why I think these new varieties[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – NEW Alstroemeria ‘Valley’ Collection (Summer Paradise Series)
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Cut flowers, New plants, Ornamental gardening, Perennials, Plantaholics choice Feb 04, 2020
There are a great many varieties of Alstroemeria, some short, some tall, some bright and some in delicate pastel shades. The brand new Alstroemeria ‘Valley’ Collection (Summer Paradise Series) however have an attribute seldom held by other varieties. That is that they are exceptionally winter hardy. Many other Alstroemeria series have had the[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – NEW – Peony Coral Sunset
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Cut flowers, New plants, Ornamental gardening, Perennials, Plantaholics choice Jan 08, 2020
Peonies have long been a great favourite of mine, and I am familiar with many varieties. However I was quite taken aback to see this stunning new form which I believe may be one of the best herbaceous varieties. Below I have listed some of it’s many endearing attributes:- A very long lived, perennial garden[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – BloomChampion Reblooming Evergreen Azaleas
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, New plants, Ornamental gardening, Plantaholics choice, Shrubs Nov 20, 2019
Rhododendron BloomChampion are the latest breeding in evergreen Azaleas. They not only produce blooms at the normal time for an Azalea to flower in April-May, they also rebloom in July-September. This means they can provide a huge flowering period of up to five months, as well as having evergreen foliage for the remainder of the[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – Rose Timeless Purple
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Cut flowers, Fragrant plants, New plants, Ornamental gardening, Plantaholics choice, Roses Sep 26, 2019
I can think of so many reasons why we should all be growing this stunning new Rose Timeless Purple. Below I have listed just a few:- A perfect cut-flower rose that can be grown by the amateur at home in our gardens. This Hybrid Tea rose bears old-fashioned style, multi-petalled, deep purple blooms that have[…]
NEW – Giant Dinner Plate Iris
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure New plants, Ornamental gardening, Perennials Sep 19, 2019
You might have heard of dinner plate Dahlias but Irises?! Iris ensata, sometimes known as Iris kaempferi or Japanese Iris, are a stunning group of moisture loving Iris I have long been fascinated with. They are hardy and perennial. The new Dinner Plate Series however are brand new, superior breeding with huge blooms 15cm[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – Rhubarb Apple Delight
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Fruit and veg gardening, New plants, Plantaholics choice Sep 11, 2019
Some of you who are beginners in gardening may have thought that any rhubarb you buy is just the same old variety. This could not be further from the truth. The breeders have been hard at work creating this brand new, superior variety for us to grow in our gardens and allotments. The features of[…]
Rose ‘Sweet Honey’ – Rose Of The Year 2020
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Cut flowers, Fragrant plants, New plants, Ornamental gardening, Roses Aug 20, 2019
Rose Sweet Honey has been named as Rose of the Year 2020. It was launched at the 2019 RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival In the Festival of Roses display by Roses UK on behalf of Kordes Rosen of Germany. This elegant floribunda variety was chosen for it’s many qualities including:- Outstanding disease resistance Strong,[…]
Inspirational NEW Plants from RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Gardening Events, New plants, Ornamental gardening, RHS flower shows May 29, 2019
Sedum Atlantis Sedum Atllantis was crowned RHS Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the year 2019! It is perfect for our modern gardens in that it is drought tolerant, attractive to bees and ideal for small spaces. The serrated, variegated leaves take on a pink blush in autumn. Pink tinged flower buds open yellow from July[…]