A front door might call for a hanging basket to provide colour and scent at eye level, while a patio offers space for many different planters. If your starting point is a plant, rather than a location, choose your planter accordingly: for example, a hydrangea will require a much larger planter ... Views: 886
As pressure on land resources continues to grow and buildings take priority over open spaces, an ever-increasing quantity of the populace will not, and never will have, access to a fully fledged garden. What we often do have, however, are window ledges and front steps, balconies and basements, ... Views: 536
Hundreds of thousands of years ago, before the ice ages virtually obliterated the rich flora of much of northern Europe, plants such as magnolias, giant conifers and weird tree forms thrived in what are now known as the British Isles. In due course, the ice crept slowly back to the north, and by ... Views: 471