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Composting - RHS Gardening
Composting is a great way to make use of your garden waste – everything from lawn clippings to annual weeds, hedge-trimmings to faded flowers. You can also add plant-based kitchen waste, such as veg peelings, along with paper and cardboard. Although these can all be recycled in council waste collections too, it makes sense to reap the ...
How to grow buddlejas / RHS - RHS Gardening
The rootball should be just below the soil surface when you have finished. Water in well and keep the soil moist but not soggy while the plant established (this typically takes 18 months). In containers: Planting dwarf buddlejas in a container, use a peat-free multipurpose potting compost with added John Innes.
Tips for growing orchids at home / RHS - RHS Gardening
Five tops tips for for growing moth orchids (Phalaenopsis) Use rainwater or boiled water for misting and watering - they don't appreciate the chlorine in fresh tapwater. Also, make sure water is at room temperature. When they've finished flowering, cut the flower spike back to the highest node, and they may well re-flower.
Propagation techniques / RHS
Diffuse bright light with a layer of fleece. Keep undercover in a propagator or greenhouse with bottom heat, to keep the cuttings warm and humid. A pot with a plastic bag over the top kept somewhere light and warm will also suffice. Vent cutting daily, by lifting the lid or plastic bag.
Hellebore (Christmas rose) / RHS
Botanical name: Helleborus. Common name: hellebore. Hellebores are classic plants for winter interest, with elegant, nodding blooms in shades of green, white, pink or ruby. These perennials have a long flowering period, lasting well into spring. Mainly evergreen with handsome leaves, they thrive in shadier spots.
Dandelion - RHS Gardening
Seedheads are globe-like (‘dandelion clocks’), composed of many silvery seed-bearing structures that disperse in the wind. Evergreen rosette of leaves, growing from a main taproot. The rosette is typically 15-30cm (6-12in) wide and is often flat, especially in lawns, but leaves can grow upwards if allowed. Leaves are long, narrow and often ...
Creating your garden plan / RHS Gardening
2019年5月24日 · First, measure out two lines of exactly the same length, at 90º to the house, from A and B. Peg out a straight line at 90º to them so that it’s parallel to the house. 5 Along that pegged line, and at regular intervals, take measurements at 90º from the line to the perimeter to plot the curve. Make a note of those measurements, plus the ...
Yucca - RHS Gardening
Common name Yucca, Spanish bayonet, spineless yucca, Adam’s needle and thread, Spanish dagger. Botanical name Yucca aloifolia, Y. elephantipes, Y. filamentosa, Y gloriosa. Group Shrub or tree. Flowering time Summer (sparsely) Planting time Spring. Height and spread 55cm-10m (22in-33ft) by 1.5-8m (5-26ft) Aspect Outdoors: full sun to light shade.
Hardy fuchsias / RHS - RHS Gardening
Hardy fuchsias. Unlike their tender cousins, hardy fuchsia can survive outside in most UK gardens without the need for cossetting over winter indoors. These fuchsias tend to have an upright habit with the stems arching towards the tips, under the weight of the flowers. Compact forms can be used in containers and at the front of borders.