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?[…]
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
Plantaholic’s Choice – Geranium Mosquitaway Series
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Fragrant plants, Gardening for beginners, Ornamental gardening, Summer Feb 09, 2021
Here I would like to introduce you to some of the best Geraniums (strictly called Pelargoniums) that have been bred in recent years. They are a little bit special and differ from our traditional Zonal Geraniums. Below are some of the fantastic qualities I see in them:- Delightful bicoloured blooms repeatedly throughout summer when[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – NEW Petunia Mystical Midnight Gold
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, New plants, Ornamental gardening, Plantaholics choice, Summer Jan 12, 2021
What can I say? What a stunning and unique new patio plant, and what a must have for our gardens this summer! It may seem an age away that we will be enjoying sunny days in our gardens with all our summer plants around us, but think again. If we don’t get our orders in[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – NEW Camellia ‘1001 Summer Nights’ Jasmine
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, New plants, Ornamental gardening, Plantaholics choice, Shrubs, Summer Aug 04, 2020
I recommend you be one of the first to grow this unique Japanese breeding breakthrough. Many of us are familiar with the stunning spring-flowering Camellias with their stunning, exotic blooms, whether we’ve seen them in the gardens of stately homes or grow them in our own gardens. This however is something even more special. This[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – Echibeckia ‘Summerina’ Series
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Cut flowers, Ornamental gardening, Perennials, Plantaholics choice, Summer Jun 16, 2020
Many people have wonderful late spring and early summer displays in their gardens, followed by a rather drab time when all the earlier blooms have faded. The amazing Echibeckia ‘Summerina’ Series plug this gap by continually blooming through to the first frosts. Many of us will be familiar with Echinaceas (Coneflowers) in our gardens. You[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – Aster dumosus ‘Autumn Jewels’
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Autumn, Container gardening, Ornamental gardening, Perennials, Plantaholics choice, Summer Jun 02, 2020
It is possible to have an absolute riot of colour in our gardens throughout May and June and then suddenly to have nothing but green. We all need to think about the blooms that are to come to provide late summer and autumn colour and create a continuously beautiful space to enjoy. Asters, better known[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – Fragrant Pot Carnation Adorables Collection
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Fragrant plants, New plants, Ornamental gardening, Plantaholics choice, Summer May 27, 2020
When I first saw this delightful new breeding in Pot Carnations I just knew I had to recommend them to my readers. They are absolutely invaluable in our gardens. Below I list 10 of the reasons why. Deliciously scented blooms just like carnations of times gone by. Larger double blooms than other Pot Carnations Slow[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – Buddleia Buzz Butterfly Bush
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Fragrant plants, Gardening for beginners, Ornamental gardening, Plantaholics choice, Shrubs, Summer May 06, 2020
The Buddleia Buzz series are a breakthrough in breeding. We all know the giant Buddleias that were beautiful but thuggish in our gardens. They had to be hacked to the ground every spring to stop them getting out of control, and generously seeded themselves around as you may have seen alongside the tracks if you[…]
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[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – Begonia ‘Majestic Series’
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Ornamental gardening, Plantaholics choice, Summer Mar 24, 2020
Many of us have grown the tuberous Begonias in our garden and they are lovely plants to grow, but have you ever visited one of the flower shows such as RHS Chelsea and wondered why the exhibition quality blooms they grow there are so amazing and so huge. That is because of the wonderful varieties[…]