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Elegantly perfumed roses to plant this winter

November 4, 2017Advice for December, Advice For January, Advice for November, April, August, Container Gardening, December, February, Flowers & Floristry, January, March, More Gardening, November, October, Roses, September, Urban Outdoors, Vantage Pointbare root planting, climbing plants, climbing roses, compost, container gardening, container roses, containers, cut flowers, dalefoot composts, Dalefoot Wool Potting Compost, gifts for gardeners, grow your own cut flowers, Rosa 'Lady Emma Hamilton', Rosa 'The Pilgrim', roses, scent, scented flowers, scented plants, scented rosesPumpkin Beth

As autumn turns to winter, days shorten and the prospect of warming ourselves by the fire may be more enticing than being outdoors, take time to warm your heart with thoughts of elegantly perfumed roses. This is the perfect opportunity to order roses as bare root plants to plant during the winter time, while the plants are dormant, to deliver charming, beautiful rose blooms and delectable fragrance to your garden or allotment next summer.

Garden Advice for Mid-December – Mid-January

December 15, 2014Advice for December, Advice For JanuaryAcers, Antirrhinums, apples, Begonias, birds, blackcurrants, bulbs, cold weather, creating a hot bed, cress, cuttings, Cyclamen, December, edible gardening, frost, fruit, glasshouse growing, gooseberries, grapes, herbs, hippeastrum, hot bed, January, lilies, manure, onions, pears, pinkcurrants, pruning, redcurrants, rootrainers, snow, sprouting seeds, sweet peas, taking cuttings, trees, tulips, vegetables, vines, whitecurrantsPumpkin Beth

I love this time of year! I look forward to seeing the beautiful, diamond like sparkle of the first frosts glistening in the morning sunlight. There are lots of lovely things you can do now, both indoors and out, to ensure that your garden is in tip-top condition, with lots of wonderful new plants that you can look forward to growing next year!

Garden Advice for Mid-November – Mid-December

November 14, 2014Advice for December, Advice for November, Pests & Diseasesapple trees, asparagus, bare root planting, beans, birds, blackcurrants, bonfires, Broad Bean 'Aquadulce Claudia', broad beans, bulbs, cold weather, daffodils, dahlias, December, dividing plants, edible gardening, elephant garlic, fertilisers, Fritillaria meleagris, fruit, fungi, garden tools, garlic, glasshouse growing, gooseberries, Hedera, hippeastrum, ivy, lawns, leaves, lilies, Lilium 'Regale', Lilium 'Black Beauty', Lilium ‘Golden Joy’, lily beetle, mint, moving plants, mycorrhizal fungi, narcissus, November, pear trees, pinkcurrants, planting, ponds, pruning, redcurrants, rootrainers, runner beans, soil, stakes, staking, trees, tulips, vegetables, whitecurrantsPumpkin Beth

I love autumn, the colourful falling leaves, shiny berries and burnished tones add to the romance and beauty of the garden. Make the most of the autumn planting opportunities available now, order seed catalogues and create a beautiful garden to enjoy all year round. There’s still lots to do in the garden, or at your allotment now!

Mycorrhizal fungi are a UK species of fungi that occur naturally in the soil.

Gardening Advice for Mid-December to Mid-January

December 15, 2013Advice for December, Advice For JanuaryAntirrhinums, apples, Begonias, birds, blackcurrants, brassicas, bulbs, cress, Cyclamen, December, edible gardening, fruit, fruit cages, glasshouse growing, gooseberries, grapes, hippeastrum, January, moving plants, mycorrhizal fungi, onions, pears, pinkcurrants, planting, preparing new borders, propagation, pruning, redcurrants, rootrainers, snow, sprouting seeds, sweet peas, taking cuttings, tulips, vegetables, whitecurrantsPumpkin Beth

This time of year is so exciting, with Christmas coming and lots of celebrations on the horizon! Make the most of any bright, sunny days, wrap up warmly and get out in the garden!

Mycorrhizal fungi are a UK species of fungi that occur naturally in the soil. Mycorrhizal fungi have a special growing relationship with some plants, they effectively work together to create a stronger, wider reaching root system for the plant; helping the plant to withstand drought and stress.