Getting ready for summer

It is time to hang out your flower baskets and window boxes. Go to your favourite nursery and buy some lovely summer flowers.

Keep an eye on the weather forecast just in case but we should be safe from frost. For those reading from warmer places, it could be a good moment to install an irrigation system if you haven't got one yet or checking it (especially for limescale deposits that can cause blockages) for good performance.

Tomorrow is going to be a nice warm day in London. Take advantage of it and make your garden shine - or sunbathe and have a barbecue! ;).

Spring boxes

As the days get longer and snow drops, tulips and crocus announce the spring it is time to get your window boxes ready. Summer plants will start to be available at the end of May. Until then we can enjoy other plants and blossoms.

 

You are still on time to get some bulbs to make your window boxes or planter displays more interesting. Mixing them with seasonal and perennial plants will give your containers dynamism. Just when you start to get used to the sight of your pot some new blossoms will show.

There is a variety of evergreen perennial plants to combine with seasonal flowers to allow for different colours and textures ex: Aucubas, Euonymus, aromatic plants, etc.

Aucuba leaves