Category Archives for Climbers
Cobea Scandens
Cobea scandens is an ornamental climbing plant from the tropics of America. It has an exceptionally rapid growth habit, and because of this it can flower from seed in a short period of time – just a few months. It … Continue reading
Plants for the Garden: Climbers and Wall Shrubs
For the keen gardener the walls of a house are a bonus, an added dimension to be exploited by a wealth of plants that could be grown nowhere else in the garden. There are climbing plants that, if carefully selected, … Continue reading
Climbers and Wall Shrubs
Planting It is not necessary to plant the rock garden at the same time as it is constructed. This is usually inconvenient and planting can best be done later. It is often recommended that rock gardens be constructed in the … Continue reading
Training Climbing Plants for the Greenhouse
A few climbers in the greenhouse will greatly enhance its appearance. Choose from plants that are small and compact and can be fitted into the tiniest space, or from others that will cover a large area. Some will grow quickly … Continue reading
Successional Planting for Constant Garden Colour
BLOOM AND BLOOM AGAIN If you only have a small space to cultivate, you can make the ground work extra hard. It can be made to produce more than one crop of flowers each year either by successional planting, which … Continue reading
Useful Climbing Garden Plants
Here are some useful and attractive garden climbers: Actinidia Actinidia chinensis is a fast grower with stems covered in red hairs and large, round leaves. Flowers are buff white and the hairy fruits edible, but its chief value is … Continue reading
Making the Most of Garden Space
Many gardeners, faced with a tiny space to fill, will be quite content with a few carefully selected plants where arrangement is all-important. Others, perhaps more interested in plants than in design, will fret at the restrictions placed on them … Continue reading