Tag Archives: flowers

Biennials need sowing now.

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Michael

Its time to think about sowing biennials for a display next year. Biennials are those plants we grow that flower in their second year from sowing after which we traditionally rip them out and replace them with summer bedding; foxgloves … Continue reading →

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Hemerocallis dumortieri – the earliest flowering daylily

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Michael

Hemerocallis dumortieri is the earliest flowering daylily in my garden and for this reason alone it deserves our attention. Daylilies are deservedly popular as they are easily grown perennials that flower over a long summer season. In America their popularity … Continue reading →

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Tulips in Pots or in Gardens

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Michael

The tulip season is coming to a premature end in the Netherlands with temperatures hitting 28 degrees (82F) this weekend. Tulipa sprengeri is coming into flower weeks earlier than normal, but every cloud has a silver lining as this early … Continue reading →

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The Queen pays my garden a visit

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Michael

Garden visiting is fraught with problems as I recently talked about in my guest post at Gardening Gone Wild. Last week Prince Willem-Alexander opened this year’s bulb festival at the Keukenhof in Lisse, South Holland; the theme had something to … Continue reading →

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Complementary Plants for Perennial Meadows

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Michael

This will be the penultimate post in the Meadows 101 section of this site, but in many ways it is one of the most important. This series of posts aims to give an introduction to the ideas and practices of … Continue reading →

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