Central to formal garden planting is geometric pattern, accentuated by the artful use of topiary. It is hard to beat the formal gardens of Portugal’s Queluz Palace, where topiary and geometric lines complement each other exquisitely. The landscaped gardens of the National Palace of Queluz were [...]
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We have selected five of our favourite plants flowering in May, guaranteed to add instant colour to your garden. You can buy direct from our online shop. We deliver UK wide. Viburnum Plicatum Mariesii First up, the lovely Viburnum Plicatum Mariesii. With its masses of beautiful white flowers, not [...]
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Japanese gardens create miniature idealised landscapes, often in a highly abstract and stylised way. Designing a Japanese Garden is all about balance, space and nature. The design should fit your garden, rather than trying to make your garden fit a rigid design. Designing a Japanese Garden So, if [...]
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If you are looking for evergreen hedging, have you considered the noble Bay Tree (Laurus Nobilis)? Laurus Nobilis has several key characteristics that make it an ideal hedging shrub: Laurus Nobilis is an evergreen shrub, offering year-round screening with a dense growing habit and a medium growth [...]
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Ligustrum Japonicum (as the common name Japanese Privet would suggest) is native to Japan. With a waxy leaf, these popular evergreens are slow growing and easy to maintain. Ligustrum produces small white flowers in summer, followed by a black fruit in autumn. The fruit was traditionally used in [...]
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Our Topiary Bay Trees look stunning when planted in pairs, so we offer a specially reduced price when you buy a set of 2 (dependent on stock availability). Our beautiful bay tree lollipops come in many sizes and maturities and with varying degrees of thickness of bark and crown. Sizes start at 80 [...]
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