Living Screens in the Garden We all like to think of our gardens as a peaceful and beautiful haven for us to sit and enjoy nature. If, for whatever reason that is not your experience – we have the solution! […]
Pleached Trees with their elegant straight stems and distinctive square crowns are a regular feature in UK gardens. Half-standard Pleached Trees (not quite so tall as the standard Pleached) are probably less well-known. Let’s take a closer look at these versatile plants. For many years Paramount Plants has been the [...]
SPOTLIGHT on Virginia Creeper Red Wall Troki - also known as Parthenocissus Quinquefolia Troki Climbing plants can be divided into many sub-sections and one common way of differentiating them is by their method of climbing. Here we're focussing on the creepers - these have their own way of clinging on [...]
Why Autumn is the Best Time to Plant Hedges We’ve said goodbye to August and what a wet one it has been, but that has quite some advantages for the gardener. September is the beginning of what we feel is the very best month for planting – autumn is really the [...]
Prunus Lusitanica Angustifolia – also known as Portuguese Laurel is often overlooked when choosing a shrub for evergreen hedging. Prunus Laurocerasus the Cherry Laurel or Photinia Red Robin are usually more popular choices but we think this attractive and incredibly forgiving shrub deserves a much closer look. Prunus Lusitanica Angustifolia | Portuguese [...]
Now is the Best Time For Planting Trees Today is exactly the middle of January, it has been one of the mildest (albeit one of the wettest) winters for many a year. The current weather forecast is set fair for more of the same, over the coming couple of weeks [...]
