Dahlias are the new hot-ticket item in the flower garden, lauded for the brilliant clarity of their colour. The sweet-potato-like tubers are available now for planting from August to November: Just ensure the risk of frost has passed before you plant. Get creative in matching, or contrasting, dahlia colours to other tones in you...
How to Grow ClematisOne of the Great rewards for enduring a cool climate winter is the flowers that bloom in spring, and clematis is one of our favourites. Attention-seeking flowers cover a romantically twining vine that sets off rose gardens and perennial borders beautifully. This treat is only for those who garden where where ...
How to: plant a bare rooted rose June is the best time to plant a new rose is mid-winter when the rose is fully dormant. Roses come bare-rooted, packed in sphagnum moss, or wrapped in plastic. 1. Unpack and immerse the roots in a bucket of water and begin preparing your planting hole as soon as poss...
How to: create cocktails from the garden Beautiful summer evenings in the garden, serenaded by a chorus of cicadas and the percussive throb of the frogs; luxuriating in the fragrance released by flowers as the heat seeps out of the day: a perfect time for cocktails. And what could be better than drinks that use...
Composting *After Christmas lunches and dinners there are always plenty of food scraps, but be careful what you put in your compost! Uncooked vegetable scraps are fine, left over salads are fine as long as all meat, egg and dairy are removed. Do not put any left over meat or seafood scraps in your compost! This will ...
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