Winter Tips

If you are lacking colour in the garden, then why not get some of that colour with a winter flowering container to keep you smiling until spring.

Make sure to feed your flowering plants with potassium rich fertiliser to guarantee a long colourful display over winter.

You can also rely for some colour in your interior plants. And if you have a good spot for your geraniums at home they will keep blossoming!

Remember to avoid sources of heat ex. Radiators underneath or next of your plants. Freshness is usually good.

 

If you haven’t done it yet, is time to mulch your half hardy perennials using straw or bark. Remember that the mulching should be around 10 cm deep to be effective. 

Alternatively, you could use a thick layer of leaves from other shrubs in your garden. It is also important to give some protection to foliage against frost covering those plants with a frost resistant material ex. Fleece. You could ask in your garden centre about the options that they have available.

Don’t just drop the material on top. It should have some kind of structure to allow space for the plant and air circulation.

Window boxes: “Cottage”.

This type of window box is an example of what we call a ‘cottage’ window box. It is made using a combination of grasses, herbs and flowers to inspire you a country house feeling. Of course, the dog is not included!

This is a wider view of the same window box. Trailing varieties at the front will give us masses of flowers and colour contrast. At the back, upright stems, flowers and combinations of foliage complete the design.
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