Garden pictures autumn 2022
Pictures of the garden before its autumn tidy in autumn 2022. Next stage is to start to add some more colour with some spring bulbs and perennial plants to add colour from easy spring...
Monthly Archive: October 2022
Suggested planting list
Wildflower garden Echium vulgareviper’s buglossNew England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)Queen Anne’s Lace Wildflower (Daucus carota)Bachelor Buttons (Centaurea cyanus and Centaurea montana)Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)Common spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsiiFeverfew Wildflower – Tanacetum parthenium Foliage plants ( perennial...
Espalier and fan trained fruit trees
Although you can buy ready-trained fruit trees trained as fan or espalier or fan trained trees it’s often a good idea and more cost-effective to buy bare-rooted plants in the autumn and train them...
How to care for fruit trees in the winter
Autumn and winter are key times for the preparations for growing fruit such as apples, pears, and nectarines plus other fruits the following summer. Start with a general feed of Growmore fertilizer around the...
Garden gnome care
One of the most overlooked garden tasks in your garden is garden gnome care. These hardworking garden assistants’ stationary most of the time are an important part of any garden.You might be a lone...
Mulching to reduce weeding in your garden borders
One of the keys to creating a low maintenance gardening is to use mulches to suppress the weeds and reduce the need for weeding. In areas that are predominantly trees and shrubs you can use...
Maintaining an acidic soil for acid loving plants
Neutral and alkaline soil with a soil pH of 6.5 and above in most cases is not the best soil for growing acid-loving plants such as azaleas and Rhododendrons.If you have garden soil with...