Propagation

14 Oct

Posted at 14:38h in Propagation

Plants are an expensive business so a great way to increase your stock for your garden is by taking semi-ripe cuttings from those that you have already growing. Semi-ripe cuttings are great for a wide range evergreen shrubs, trees, herbs, climbers and ground-cover plants....

07 Jul

Posted at 18:07h in Propagation

Tiger's Jaws (Faucaria tigrina) and Echeveria elegans are tender succulents which keep on giving with their offsets as it is super easy to propagate these plants using them. Our videos below are very similar but it is worth using both as examples of this kind of...

05 May

Posted at 13:31h in Caring for your Plants, Propagation

HOW TO DIVIDE AGAPANTHUS Agapanthus "Indigo Dreams" VIDEO TUTORIAL BELOW We have chosen Agapanthus 'Indigo Dreams' to show how to divide your perennial plant. Agapanthus bloom in summer with large, mainly blue flowers. Furthermore, they are very good as container plants and the evergreen...

14 Apr

Posted at 16:47h in Caring for your Plants, Propagation

Beautiful penstemon is a great perennial for your garden Below is our series on showing you how to care for your perennials during the year. Our penstemon is "Evelyn" . The great thing about perennials is that they keep on giving year after year. ...

07 Apr

Posted at 15:00h in Propagation

VIDEO TUTORIAL BELOW Growing Sweet Pea Seeds using Loo Roll! Whilst thinking about growing sweet pea seeds, at the time of writing, we are still in lockdown and for a couple of weeks previously when there was much in the press about panic buying, loo rolls...

02 Mar

Posted at 09:46h in Propagation

How to take Root Cuttings from Tree Peonies - John shows you how to take root cuttings from our tree peony Paeonia x. lemoinei "Argosy". Furthermore, this method of propagation is good for many other herbaceous plants, e.g. Primulas, oriental poppies, Phlox, Acanthus. To Start...