Every Christmas everyone is looking for the perfect gift, and this task can be extremely challenging, of course the usual hankies, scarves, bath salts, bubble bath, has by now lost a lot of its charm, and more and more people are looking for something different.
Striving for something new and lasting is all important when looking for gifts, and one of the favourite places to look for gifts now is the garden centre. The Internet is great for inspiring ideas and is a source that gives incredible information.
Every Christmas everyone is looking for the perfect gift, and this task can be extremely challenging, of course the usual hankies, scarves, bath salts, bubble bath, has by now lost a lot of its charm, and more and more people are looking for something different.
Striving for something new and lasting is all important when looking for gifts, and one of the favourite places to look for gifts now is the garden centre. The Internet is great for inspiring ideas and is a source that gives incredible information.
For a keen gardener there is a multitude of gifts that they will be thrilled to receive, make up a garden hamper, and insert things like garden seeds, and a cyclamen plant in place of the traditional poinsettia, these not only offer lovely holiday blooms, they can be enjoyed all year round.
The cyclamen, available in white, red, and deep pink, generally lies dormant during summer months and blooms indoors during winter, and it is possible with care to have cyclamen to bloom for late autumn to early spring.
Also an array of cactus, can be added to the hamper the Christmas Cactus can be bought during the holiday season already in bloom, and why not add a beautifully wrapped package of garden bulbs, which will give pleasure long after Christmas has come and gone.
Why not make up a hanging basket for show in the home, hanging basket plants such as the Spider Plant (chlorophytum cormosum) ranks as one of the favorite plants grown in hanging baskets.
Evergreen perennial plants such as the Spider Plant is grass-like, and shoots out several lengthy and arching stems with tiny white blossoms that eventually form into baby spider plants, this plant thrives in bright and sunny areas indoors or out.
To make up a hanging basket as a gift there are other plants that will look beautiful, such as Ivy and philodendron plants, they will thrive in hanging baskets, but of course if you prefer to grow a plant in a hanging basket that produces beautiful blossoms, the holiday cacti group includes three popular plants. The Christmas cactus, Thanksgiving cactus, and the Easter cactus, produce flowers in a range of colours. The shooting star as it is called is another beautiful flowering plant suitable for growing in hanging baskets.
Gardeners would be over the moon with a present for their garden, and of course Winter is the time to plant, so after receiving a gift in the form of a plant they can plant out and watch it grow and produce if vegetable plants are chosen or just look beautiful in a garden with a gift such as a rose bush, a fruit tree or even lavender plants.
A spokesman for Blooming Direct a horticultural business based on the Island of Jersey said “we are currently busy and will get busier approaching Christmas, it is surprising how many people will give gardeners gifts for their gardens, even gardening tools, or a piece of garden furniture, we have it all and our website is a superb shopping facility online, we offer FREE delivery on all orders to the UK”
Looking for the perfect gift go online and check out Blooming Direct, happy shopping.
For further information visit: www.bloomingdirect.com or you can visit their Facebook page to discover more offers.