Dividing plants in our gardens is an excellent and cost effective way of increasing our stock of an existing group of plants. For herbaceous plants, most people are used to using the method of diversion to increase their stocks but when it comes to ferns, they are too sure what to do So here’s a…
Tag: Propagation
Making wooden seed trays
Using old pallets to make seed trays
Propagating dogwoods/Cornus from waste pruning
Pruned your dogwood but what to do with all the old prunings?
Dalefoot composts, the seed trial is starting
A look at the Dalefoot composts and in particular the seed sowing mix and see how I get on with it
Plant of the Week-Acer griseum
My plant of the week this week is one of my favourite trees, Acer Griseum, findout a bit more about it and how to grow it in my handy plant of the week
Plant of the week: Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’
A look at another beautiful winter shrub, one that gives us catkins for many months as well as being a great shrub, learn how to care for as well as how to propagate it
Mistletoe and how to grow it
A look into the folk law and unusual habits of the mistletoe plant
Plant of the week- Decaisnea fargesii
My plant of the week has some brilliant common names like Dead mans fingers, purple sausage plant, come and read more about it
Plant of the week-Salvia leucantha ‘Santa Barbara’
My plant of the week is a beautiful Salvia, one of the best!
Propagating Sempervivens
A quick look at propagating sempervivums, what you need and how to do it