Garden Inspiration Ideas - Evergreen Magnolia Grandiflora Bateman’s in East Sussex, now owned and managed by the National Trust, is renowned as the much beloved home of Rudyard Kipling. Looking for a secluded family home far from the glare of the public and the media, Kipling purchased [...]
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Camellia Japonica Red Varieties - camellia hedge bursting with flower buds Britain has a long association with the Camellia Tree or The China Rose, as it was originally referred to in the late 1700s, when ambitious horticulturalists of the day first began to grow camellias in this country. These [...]
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Give your Mum a marvellous surprise this Mother’s Day and a gift for life by choosing a present from our beautiful mature plants range. To help you choose, we have put together a selection of our all-time favourite Mothers Day Plants for Presents. First 2 blooms on an early flowering Camellia [...]
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Mature Multi-Stem Camellias are growing in popularity. These three varieties of Camellia trees have been trained to have multi-stems with a vigorous bushy crown and are just covered in buds and blooms. These are essentially mature camellia plants shaped over time as multi-stem trees. While these are [...]
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An important characteristic to note when choosing trees and plants is their natural growing habit. Fastigiate or columnar evergreens have a naturally tall and narrow habit of growing with erect branches that have the appearance of forming an erect column. A pair of fastigiate or columnar evergreens [...]
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Magnolia Trees UK, in February – London’s Magnolias prepare to bloom It’s always exciting to witness the beginning of the end of winter, as heralded by the emergence of the first flowering magnolia trees. These shots are taken from Central London where magnificent magnolia trees are [...]
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