Care Guides
Care guides by Rupert Foxton-Smythe
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Bampton Manor Garden
The Garden at Bampton Manor Good taste is a quality which is difficult to achieve, and not easy to define -but in the garden at Bampton Manor the good taste of the owner, Countess Miinster, is…
Foliage Plants and Ferns for Arrangements
Foliage for Flower Arrangements There are many easily grown plants, shrubs, trees and pot plants from which it is possible to obtain individual leaves or leafy twigs and branches.
Bodnant Garden Gwynedd
Bodnant, home for generations of the Aberconway family, has a famous garden in an absolutely ideal setting.
Solidago – Golden Rod
As an autumn-cut flower, Golden Rod is not to be despised, although it is often referred to slightingly.
Island Beds: Set Up and Maintenance
Island Beds can not only be seen from all sides, but access to them for such necessary maintenance tasks as hoeing or weeding is much easier than with the old conventional border style.
Barnsley House Garden Gloucestershire
The Gardens of Barnsley House Setting and location Barnsley House is just in the village of Barnsley, between Cirencester and Bibury.
Crathes Castle Garden
The short reign of Mary, Queen of Scots, (1561-7) was too troublous a time for building, yet during those few years one castle at least was built in Scotland by the ancient family of Burnett.
Plant Diseases and Insect Pests
To guard against plant pests and diseases, do not use unsterilized garden soil indoors. Microbes which cause root and stem rot, together with insects which attack roots, are to be found in it.
Types of Indoor Foliage Plants
It is worth bearing in mind when choosing indoor foliage plants, that when plant-growing in the home was first attempted, the plants used were the ones grown for the beauty of their leaves, the…
How Soil Works
Nature’s plan is to build up the humus year after year and this can only be done by organic matter. There is need to replace and return that which has been taken out.
Planning and Planting Herbaceous Borders
Planning the Herbaceous Border Curiously enough no two people seem to agree and it is a good thing therefore that no one knows who is right! It is largely a question of taste.
Growing Bromeliads in Containers
Growing Bromeliads in Containers Many bromeliads, including some of the highly epiphytic ones, will adapt readily to containers.