Unfortunately, we have all felt the consequences of summers that are drier more often and for longer. Watering the garden becomes almost inevitable if we want to keep it looking good. Needless to say, all garden plants love a splash of water when it’s dry, but some plants can handle drought better than others. With[…]
Perennials that will withstand drought
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Ornamental gardening, Perennials, Plants for problem places Aug 01, 2023
Plant Profile – Campanula: so many flowers!
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Ornamental gardening, Perennials, Plant Profiles May 16, 2023
Campanula is an easy-going plant that flowers profusely with cheerful bell flowers. It’s a must-have for your garden! Here is another advantage: Campanula is a perennial, so you will be able to enjoy a sea of flowers year after year. Campanula lactiflora Loddon Anna Blue flowers If you love having blue flowers in your garden,[…]
Peonies For The Cutting Garden
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Cut flowers, Ornamental gardening, Perennials Jan 03, 2023
Peonies are one of my favourite flowers for the herbaceous or mixed border, but they also make a sumptuous cut flower. The opulent blooms, available in a stunning array of colours and forms, are all the rage in high class bouquets and the wedding flowers of the rich and famous, as well as making a[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – Agapanthus ‘Sea Breeze’
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Cut flowers, Ornamental gardening, Perennials, Plantaholics choice Mar 15, 2022
You may often find a blue agapanthus in the garden centres, sometimes a white one and on occasion even a bicolour one. However I think you are unlikely to find such a gorgeous variety as Agapanthus sea breeze, with its stunning combination of colours. Below I describe some of the best features of this delightful[…]
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[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – Clematis ‘New Love’
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Fragrant plants, Ornamental gardening, Perennials, Plantaholics choice, Summer Apr 27, 2021
Normally when we think about Clematis we imagine a climbing plant. Clematis New Love however is a herbaceous Clematis with a bush habit. This makes a delightful addition to the herbaceous border or cottage style garden. Below I list some of it’s features and benefits:- Stunning Indigo blooms of a most unusual shape with reflexed[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – Dianthus caryophyllus ‘Sunflor Beetle’
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Cut flowers, Fragrant plants, Ornamental gardening, Perennials, Plantaholics choice, Summer Apr 20, 2021
As soon as I saw this magnificent plant I was blown away by the colour of the opulent blooms and knew I had to write about it. Below are some of the features and benefits of this delightful, easy to grow border Carnation:- Stunning plum purple, double blooms with a depth of colour I have[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – NEW Anemone Frilly Knickers
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure New plants, Ornamental gardening, Perennials, Plantaholics choice, Summer Apr 06, 2021
Japanese Anemones are highly valued in the garden for the fact that they provide late summer colour when most of our perennials are past their best. Once again Thompson & Morgan have come up trumps and introduced to us this stunning and unusual, double flowered variety which looks set to take the gardening world by[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – NEW Alliums With A Difference
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, New plants, Ornamental gardening, Perennials, Plantaholics choice, Summer Feb 23, 2021
Many of us are familiar with the fashionable globe shaped alliums that are planted in autumn as bulbs and bloom in spring and early summer. However, in recent years a newly bred type of allium has begun to become available which is treated more as a herbaceous perennial. Will this become the future of Alliums?[…]
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
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[…]