Herbaceous perennials are the mainstay of the herbaceous border. These colourful favourites return year after year to brighten up the garden space. Many are excellent cut flowers as well. Let’s have a look at some popular herbaceous perennials for cut flowers and the vase. When I first started gardening many moons ago, I was very…
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How To Grow Campanula – Bellflower, Planting And Care
Campanula, also known as Bellflower, is a genus of bell shaped flowers with many different species. Reminiscent of the cottage garden, these plants look wonderful mixed in with similar cottage style plants. Learn how to grow Campanula, and bring one of these sweet flowering plants into your garden. Our campanula grew all on it’s own….
How To Grow Wintergreen – A Sweet Holiday Plant
Bring the outside in, and grow Wintergreen inside for the holidays. Wintergreen with it’s large red berries can be grown indoors as a sweet little Christmas plant at this time of year. Learn how to grow wintergreen, and add this attractive berry laden plant to your holiday decor. Then in the spring, plant it back…
How To Grow Delphiniums From Seed
Delphiniums are such a statuesque flower, and make quite an impression growing in any garden. They are reminiscent of an English country garden and are a must for the perennial border. Learn how to grow delphiniums from seed so that you can enjoy their beauty in your garden as well. When we had our youngest…
How To Grow Echinacea- Purple Coneflower
Echinacea is such a pretty garden flower, with it’s colourful daisy-like petals and prominent centre cone. Not only is it a flowering plant, echinacea is also a powerful herb. Learn how to grow Echinacea, also known as purple coneflower, so that you can enjoy it in your perennial garden. My first plant of echinacea purpurea…
Perennial Bachelor Buttons In The Garden
Perennial Bachelor Buttons, also known as Centaurea Montana, are wonderful sweetly scented flowers that take me back to childhood, with such fond memories of them growing along the stream beds in the Newfoundland countryside. These whimsical blue flowers are reminiscent of a cottage garden, and are easily grown in any garden to enjoy. Are all…