The British people love to complain about the weather, but the truth is that Britain’s temperate climate is very well suited to the nations best loved hobby, gardening the British way.
A British garden is usually well planned, as land is so scarce every inch of space is planted with garden plants for colour and beauty, and vegetable plants for the table, and more serious gardeners even show their vegetables at local shows, and gain great kudos for so doing.
The British people love to complain about the weather, but the truth is that Britain’s temperate climate is very well suited to the nations best loved hobby, gardening the British way.
A British garden is usually well planned, as land is so scarce every inch of space is planted with garden plants for colour and beauty, and vegetable plants for the table, and more serious gardeners even show their vegetables at local shows, and gain great kudos for so doing.
The Romans planted the first known British gardens 2,000 years ago, then came formal gardens, closely followed by the more unrestricted cottage garden, now of course gardeners across the UK take great pride and pleasure in what they can grow and more importantly the edible produce fit for any table.
Everyone loves to see a garden bursting with colour, and keen gardeners are very creative and clever when it comes to what and where to plant. Perennial plants come in all forms and are very popular just because they return year after year.
There are perennial bulbs, perennial climbers, and these plants are often seen as hanging basket plants. Perennial bulbs are easily grown, and can bring beautiful colour to the garden all year round. The huge range of perennial bulbs available means you can have a dramatic, vibrant colour or more restful shades.
A bulb with its embryonic root, stem, leaves and flower are all contained within them. Different bulbs have different flowering and resting periods, but as perennials they die down and produce new growth year after year.
A variety of plants make for a eye catching show, garden bulbs such as tulips and daffodils should be planted between September and December, a good month before the Autumn frosts begin, especially tulips which bloom at different times depending on the variety you buy, from early season tulips begin flowering in early March, to the late season varieties which flower in mid April, each bulb blooms from two to four weeks, so if you plan it right you could have tulips blooming all spring.
Clematis and Geraniums are popular with keen gardeners, the climbing clematis has over 400 varieties and comes with a wide variety of foliage and blooms, the flowers produced are in blue, purple, pink and white, and by combining different species gardeners can have a colourful display throughout the growing season.
Geraniums are used in a variety of ways such as bedding plants, also work well as hanging basket plants, and a great tip from the Royal Horticultural Society recommends pinching out new growth at the start of the season to encourage a bushier plant.
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The British people are a nation of keen gardeners, and shopping for our gardens has never been so easy, just get online and do the business, saves traffic jams, and trudging around looking for inspiration.
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