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18 Jan 2013

Carex Pendula Plants


This is an easily expanded, large but very elegant flower appropriate for wet and sketchy areas where little else will develop. In addition to stunning sections of high grassy vegetation, it generates sagging, pet's tail-like, russet-coloured rises of blossoms up to 6in (15cm) long in summer season.


Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species: pendula
Plant type: Hardy perennial
Flower colour: Brown
Foliage colour: Mid-green
Feature: Flowers, Attractive to wildlife
Sun exposure: Partial shade, Shade
Soil: Clay/heavy, Moist, Boggy
Hardiness: Hardy
Skill level: Beginner
Height: 140cm
Spread: 150cm
Time to divide plants: March to April

2 Jan 2013

Capsicum Annuum Grossum group 'Redskin' Plants


Sweet sweet peppers, or sweet peppers, are flowering mounds of plants that have a charming hairy increasing habit. The fruit are natural when premature but turn amazing colors and shapes as they older. 'Redskin' is a neat compact plant, ideal for increasing on a windowsill or in pots on the patio. The medium-sized bright natural fruit turns amazing red as it develops.


Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Capsicum
Species: annuum grossum group
Cultivar: Redskin
Plant type: Vegetable
Foliage colour: Mid-green
Feature: Fruit
Sun exposure: Full sun
Soil: Well-drained/light, Clay/heavy
Hardiness: Half hardy
Skill level: Experienced
Height: 40cm
Spread: 30cm
Time to plant seeds: March to April

18 Dec 2012

Capsicum Annuum Grossum group 'Bell Boy' Plants


Lovely sweet peppers, also known as capsicums and sweet peppers, are best grown in a green house or polytunnel, although some success can be had by increasing them in a protected, warm position outside. Sow in the house from Feb to Apr and grow them in increasing hand bags or 21cm (8in) containers. Regularly wet down the floor of your green house or polytunnel to maintain moisture. 'Bell Boy' generates sweet, deep green fruits and veggies which turn red as they older.

Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Capsicum
Species: annuum grossum group
Cultivar: Bell Boy
Plant type: Vegetable
Foliage colour: Mid-green
Feature: Fruit
Sun exposure: Full sun
Soil: Well-drained/light, Clay/heavy
Hardiness: Half hardy
Skill level: Experienced
Height: 60cm
Time to plant seeds: February to April 

5 Dec 2012

Canna Indica 'Purpurea' Plants


A very decorative flower which, with both its attractive green or brown vegetation and unique flowers in amazing colors of red, light red and yellow-colored, gives any edge a flavor of the tropics. Also excellent when expanded in large containers in the green house. The fleshy rhizomes can be started off in containers in the house in springtime, ready for growing out in early summer time. Raise the rhizomes in delayed fall and overwinter in a frost-proof place.


Family: Cannaceae
Genus: Canna
Species: indica
Cultivar: Purpurea
Plant type: Tender perennial
Flower colour: Mixed
Foliage colour: Bronze
Feature: Flowers, Dramatic foliage
Sun exposure: Full sun
Soil: Well-drained/light, Clay/heavy, Acidic, Chalky/alkaline
Hardiness: Tender
Skill level: Experienced
Height: 200cm
Spread: 50cm
Time to divide plants: February to March

18 Nov 2012

Canna 'Wyoming' Plants


The huge violet veined results in of 'Wyoming' make a bold statement in any garden. Then, in late summer, heated apricot lemon flowers, whose petals and leaves are slightly frilled, appear on long stalks above the stunning vegetation. In very mild regions vegetation may be grown completely in a heated protected border or protected during the cold months months season. In frost-prone areas, remove the results in and control when they are blackened by snow and lift the rhizomes for winter weather storage. Cannas are extraordinary vegetation that deserves that little additional care.


Family: Cannaceae
Genus: Canna
Cultivar: Wyoming
Plant type: Tender perennial
Flower colour: Orange
Foliage colour: Bronze
Feature: Flowers, Dramatic foliage
Sun exposure: Full sun
Soil: Well-drained/light, Acidic, Chalky/alkaline, Moist
Hardiness: Tender
Skill level: Experienced
Height: 180cm
Spread: 50cm
Time to divide plants: March to April

Campanula Lactiflora Plants


A fantastic varieties for the edge with hard, branching arises keeping large, reduce trusses of milky-blue, open bell-shaped blossoms right through the summer. A amazing vision when in full plant and looks a cure placed beside violet vegetation. It does well in sun or partially colour but must have wealthy moisture-retentive ground to motivate a lot of development and blossoms.


Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Campanula
Species: lactiflora
Plant type: Hardy perennial
Flower colour: Blue
Foliage colour: Mid-green
Feature: Flowers
Sun exposure: Full sun, Partial shade
Soil: Well-drained/light, Clay/heavy, Chalky/alkaline
Hardiness: Hardy
Skill level: Beginner
Height: 125cm
Spread: 60cm
Time to divide plants: March to April

Camellia Japonica 'Lady Vansittart' Plants


Camellias are attractive time tested plants with gorgeous elegant flowers very beginning in the season. Camellia japonica types need full sunshine to mature their pals and arises, but day sunshine on the pals in freezing weather can damage them. 'Lady Vansittart' is a slow-growing heavy plant with attractive wavy-edged semi-double flowers that may need deadheading when they reduce. Where dirt are inappropriate or spring freeze very severe, plants may be grown in large bins of lime-free rich compost water with rain water.


Family: Theaceae
Genus: Camellia
Species: japonica
Cultivar: Lady Vansittart
Plant type: Evergreen shrub
Flower colour: Rose
Foliage colour: Dark green
Feature: Flowers
Sun exposure: Partial shade, Shade
Soil: Well-drained/light, Acidic, Moist
Hardiness: Hardy
Skill level: Experienced
Height: 900cm
Spread: 800cm
Time to take cuttings: June to July