Houseplant Care Guides
Practical, real-home plant care — watering, light, propagation, pests, and seasonal advice, reviewed by experienced indoor gardeners.
Sempervivum Tectorum
Sempervivums are plants for the collector, rather than the general gardener, but the specialist takes as much pride in his houseleeks as does the rosarian in his roses.
Daffodil Species for the Rockery
Daffodils on the rockery are generally neglected, but for planting around the roots of young trees or as an edging to a path or border, on the rockery, for a window-box, and especially in pans for…
Dianthus Border Carnation, Pinks
Dianthus is found in several parts of the garden. In the rockery you will see the Alpine Pinks and in the flower beds both Sweet William and the Annual Carnations are popular.
Summer Hyacinth – Galtonia Candicans
Summer Hyacinth – Galtonia candicans is an extremely useful plant in that it flowers in profusion in the border throughout August and early September – a difficult period not only for bulbs but for…
Delphinium
Many people have resolved to grow Delphiniums after seeing a group of well-grown giants towering over their heads in a border owned by an experienced gardener.
Delphinium Hybrids
Of all the plants in the garden delphinium has travelled furthest from the various species in the wild.
Dianthus Allwoodii
Dianthus Allwoodii is excellent for cutting and can be grown in the front of the border or in an unexposed pocket in the rock garden.
Camassia
So neglected and yet so useful are the Camassias. Ralph Cusack, the great authority on this plant says that ‘they are one of the most beautiful and delicious of the spring-flowering bulbs’ and all…
Crown Imperials – Fritillaria
The Crown Imperials are those we know best, though this only represents the species Imperalis, so attractive in the garden and so popular as a cut flower.