It took me a while to propagate my own cyclamen from seeds. I wasn’t quite sure how to do it as I had so many unanswered questions. I didn’t know half as much as I know now about collecting seed, seed viability and it’s maturity. I’m still learning about all of these things but I’ve…
Planting as a learning experience.
Planting as a learning experience. This year we made a wildlife pond in the garden. We had lots of soil to do something with after digging it out so naturally, we created some beds around the pond. We then made them into rockeries by adding large stones. The planting is varied but some repetition has…
Spying on nature.
A closer look, at how flowers develop. I couldn’t help myself spying on my Himalayan poppies this Summer. With the help of my camera I was able to capture the partial opening of one of the flower buds. Fascinating! See for yourselves.
Long awaited reward.
Meconopsis …you beauty! I think my long lost plant label that I wrote said 2016. This means that I have started these seeds then, nearly three years ago. I would have pre chilled them first for some months. I tried it the previous year with seeds bought on line but nothing ever happened with them…
“All I ever wanted”
“All I ever wanted”, was the name of my Beautiful Border entry in the Gardener World Live show this year. To explain, I just wanted a space where I could go nuts and fill it to the brim with lots and lots of plant. I don’t have an ideology to go with my gardening. I…
My plants and I.
Preparing for the show. As June approaches quicker then I can say “BBC Gardeners World show”, I am madly trying to look after, nurture and care for my plants that I will be taking down to Birmingham to exhibit in my flower border. It’s a constant struggle between keeping them well watered and not too…
House without plants.
House without plants. My mum always had lots of plants on the windowsills. She would always tell my dad off for “lying in her flowers” when he was sitting at the kitchen table by the window, leaning slightly towards the plants. Now, every winter time, I spread lots of tender plants and seedling trays on…
Propagating plants.
Why I love propagating plants and wish more people knew the way it makes me feel. It’s such a shame I can’t remember the very first plant I grew from seed. I wish I could. I do, however, remember the first two I grew from cuttings and they were: the Antirrhinum ‘Dark Prince and the…
Planting combinations 2.
Garden in the winter need not be boring. Oh no! Evergreens may seem like a very “samey” thing to grow. One might think, green is boring and monotonous but, crickey! No! Just look at the range of “green” in my container. Ok, there is some yellow and blueish but let’s not be pernickety. These guys…
Ho ho ho!
Is it this time of year already? Brilliant! Winter solstice today. Now we can pretend that Spring is just round the corner. And of course Christmas IS indeed round the corner therefore a very merry Christmas to all plant lovers who have followed the blog this year. May you have a fab time whatever you…
MY GARDENING ADDICTION 