Nothing brings drama to the garden more than the statuesque Echiums. Their towering summer blooms will attract enquiries from all who lay eyes upon them as to their identity and where they can get seeds. Perhaps not the best choice for my Scottish readers, but hardier than you may think, Echium Candicans will stand temperatures[…]
Plant Profile – Echium Candicans – Pride Of Madeira
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Biennials, Container gardening, Exotic Plants, Ornamental gardening, Plant Profiles, Summer Jun 06, 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,[…]
Plant Profile – Dicksonia Antarctica – Tree Fern
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Exotic Plants, Ornamental gardening, Plant Profiles Aug 23, 2022
Dicksonia Antarctica is a tree fern and one of the oldest plants known to man, predating the dinosaurs. They grow best with shelter, in a fully to partially shaded area. They are the easiest tree fern to grow in the U.K. climate, but will still require winter protection. Their eventual height can be up to[…]
Plant Profile – Camassias
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Bulbs, Container gardening, Cut flowers, Ornamental gardening, Plant Profiles, Spring Aug 09, 2022
Camassias originate from the woodland edges and damp meadows of the Pacific Northwest of America. They have many common names including camas, quamash, Indian hyacinth and wild hyacinth. Camassias produce tall spires of star like flowers in blue, white and ocassionaly pink, at a time when the early spring bulbs, such as Crocus and Daffodils[…]
Plant Profile – Erythronium (Dog’s Tooth Violet)
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Bulbs, Container gardening, Ornamental gardening, Plant Profiles, Spring Jul 26, 2022
Erythroniums are better known as Dog’s Tooth Violets. This name is nothing whatsoever to do with the shape of the elegant flowers or decorative foliage, but rather because of the shape of the bulbs from which they grow. They are one of those plants that, when you are trying to find a plant for that[…]
Plant Profile – Oleander – a touch of the Mediterranean
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Fragrant plants, Ornamental gardening, Plant Profiles, Shrubs Apr 29, 2020
Any among you that have visited the Mediterranean regions on your holidays will surely remember seeing these beautiful plants lapping up the sunshine. Oleanders (sometimes called Nerium Oleander) are a delightful shrub with willow-like leaves and single or double white, cream, pink or red flowers with fragrance. If you dream of bringing the Mediterranean look[…]
Plant Profile – Hardy Osteospermums
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Ornamental gardening, Perennials, Plant Profiles Sep 30, 2019
Many of us are used to growing Osteospermum in our summer patio containers for their bright and cheerful daisy flowers. There are a wide array of beautiful varieties but they are not winter hardy in all but the very mildest areas of the UK. How many of us new though that there are a few[…]
Plant Profile – Jacobinia Pauciflora (Brazilian Fuchsia)
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Exotic Plants, Houseplants, Ornamental gardening, Plant Profiles, Shrubs, Winter Aug 07, 2019
This beautiful, exotic plant is sometimes also known as Justicia rizzinii or Justicia floribunda. Despite it’s common name it is not a Fuchsia at all but does originally hail from Brazil. It bears it’s scarlet and yellow tropical, pendulous blooms non stop throughout the winter and spring months when most other plants are at their[…]
Plant Profile – Brugmansias (Angel’s Trumpets)
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Exotic Plants, Fragrant plants, Ornamental gardening, Plant Profiles, Shrubs Jul 22, 2019
Brugmansias are grown as tender shrubs in the UK. They are a plant that will bring an exotic, and tropical look to your summer garden or conservatory. Huge trumpet shaped blooms hang from it’s woody stems in summer, giving the plant it’s common name of Angel’s Trumpets. The flowers can be single or double. The[…]
Plant Profile – Gerbera Garvinea Sweet Series
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Cut flowers, Ornamental gardening, Perennials, Plant Profiles May 08, 2019
Gerberas, sometimes known as Barberton Daisies or Transvaal Daisies, have always been an attractive plant, but in the past they have been best grown in a warm greenhouse. That is until the Garvinea series of Gerberas were bred and came to the market. Garvineas have proven to be hardy plants in UK conditions. They are[…]
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