Propagating Greenhouse Plants
RAISING PLANTS FROM SEED THE raising of greenhouse plants from seed is, generally speaking, very easy, and hundreds of different subjects might well be raised in this way. An idea seems to have got...
View ArticleList of Greenhouse Plants
FOR the list which follows I have chosen a range of plants which the keen amateur might well consider as possible subjects for the greenhouse. The choice has been made to suit the warm or the cool...
View ArticleWindow Boxes Add Colour to a Dull Garden
If consideration was given to the wide variety of plants suitable for window-box culture and their soil and climatic requirements, a wider use could be made of window-box gardening. Many factories,...
View ArticleHow to Fill a Window Box
Before placing any compost in the boxes it will be necessary to ensure drainage. First, the holes in the base must be made so that the soil does not fall through, and this is best done by placing a...
View ArticleLOOKING AFTER YOUR WINDOW BOX
Planting will take place late in autumn for the spring flowering plants and bulbs, and again in early summer when the plants are replaced by those which bloom through summer and autumn. Where planting...
View ArticleExhibiting Chrysanthemums
PRODUCTION of show-standard blooms demands care all through the season, and many judges and show secretaries could wish that the same care was exercised at show time. Most of the upsets could be...
View ArticleGarden Annuals
The plants mentioned in this website are, with certain exceptions, true annuals. That is, their seeds can be sown, they will germinate, reach maturity, bloom and produce seed again within a year or...
View ArticleSaving Your Garden Seeds
THE fact that most annuals are raised from seed (a few can be propagated from cuttings) adds a greater significance and value to seed collecting. Practically every annual produces a rich harvest of...
View ArticleZenobia
Closely allied to vaccinum and requiring the same acid soil conditions, Zenobia speciosa ‘Pulverulenta’ is a handsome shrub growing 3-4 ft (1 m) tall, its leaves and stems covered in glaucous ‘bloom’....
View ArticleZygocactus
Known as the Christmas Cactus, Zygocactus truncatus is one of the most interesting of indoor plants, being easily grown and propagated, and its attractive cerise-pink flowers, which are borne in...
View ArticleThe Cultivation of Half-Hardy Annuals
WHILE the cultivation of half-hardy annuals calls for slightly more attention than hardy annuals, there are no very great difficulties, and the extra facilities required can be confined to modest...
View ArticleGarden Annuals for Naturalizing
It is not generally appreciated that annuals are ideal plants for naturalizing or broadcast sowing. This is often how they grow in their natural habitat, and by using this method some striking effects...
View ArticleVarieties of Saint Paulias
BEATRICE. A fine variety, the large double flowers being of deep purple-blue. BIANCA. The blooms are single and are white, splashed with purple. BICOLOR. Most unusual, the top petals being deep purple...
View ArticleVarieties of Climbing Roses
Red and Crimson ALLEN CHANDLER. It blooms early in summer and again in autumn, bearing large single blooms of bright crimson-red. COUNTESS OF STRADDROKE. Of vigorous habit, it has glossy green foliage...
View ArticleXERANTHEMUM
An annual and native of South Africa, Xeranthemum annuum is a pretty everlasting flower, sending up its daisy-like flowers, borne singly on 2 ft (60 cm) stems, during July and August. The flowers have...
View ArticleZANTEDESCHIA: Arum Lily Calla Lily
Zantedescia aethiopica, in the warmer parts of the British Isles, may be grown outdoors to bloom in summer, to be lifted indoors in autumn like chrysanthemums. Known as the Calla or Arum Lily, it is...
View ArticleUlex, Gorse, Whin, Common Gorse
The Gorse or Whin, valuable for coastal planting and for a wind-swept situation. U. europaeus, the Common Gorse, grows 5 ft (1.5 m) tall and makes a dense prickly shrub with its spiny scale-like...
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