Care Guides
Care guides by Rupert Foxton-Smythe
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Flower Gardening Tips
The Joy and Value of Flower Gardening Flower gardening is a fascinating hobby and one which can give a tremendous amount of pleasure for a comparatively little outlay. The annual border is cheap.
Korean Chrysanthemums
Korean Chrysanthemums are great favorites for cutting. Built up from the hardy species Coreanum, which flourishes in Korea and Siberia, it took many years of patient work before they reached the…
Plant Pots–What Ones Are Best?
Plant pots can be practical or pretty, and many are both. Discover the wide range available, so you can choose pots that meet your plants’ needs and match your decor.
Arrangements Using Summer Flowers
Early Summer Flower Arrangements Daisies, cornflowers, and early companions White Shasta daisies are effective, long-lasting, and adaptable.
How to Grow and Care for Berberis
This is one of the big families of shrubs, containing both deciduous and evergreen species, the former grown mainly for their heavy crops of small scarlet or crimson berries, the latter for their…
Creating a Basement Garden
Lack of sunlight need not prevent you from turning a basement into a colourful garden, if you use the available space for shade-loving pot plants or hardy climbers.
Growing Bulbous Irises for Cut Flowers
Growing Bulbous Irises The Iris family is exceedingly large but, fortunately for the average gardener, the genus has been formed into several divisions which makes it easier to decide the particular…
Hydroculture Houseplants
Growing Houseplants by Hydroponics A method of growing plants which has recently been introduced to Britain, although it has been in use for some years in Europe, is a form of hydroponics – that is,…
Training and Support for Climbers
Some house plants need training to look tidy and put on their best display. Others, such as climbers, need support, as do plants with weak or brittle stems and ‘top-heavy’ flowers.
The Vegetative Propagation of Plants
Simple Methods of Plant Propagation Although the propagation of plants on any substantial scale is best left to the professional nurseryman, there are occasions when a few extra specimens of a…
Making Flowers Last
Keeping Cut Flowers Fresh and Long-Lasting All your effort in flower arranging will not be worth while if the flowers are not long lived.
Flowering Shrubs in the Flower Garden
Creating a Beautiful Shrub Border One of the simplest ways of getting a beautiful effect is by the use of the flowering shrub.