Investing in your garden through the Summertime is well worth it. You can prolong your greenery and add beautiful garden additions that will last all year long. All it takes is a little prep, planning, and patience. We have the perfect tips for investing in your garden this year, from growing undercover, to the best plants for yearlong enjoyment.
Growing Undercover
Growing undercover is one of the best ways for growing plants that need specific weather conditions to thrive. Purchasing a poly tunnel or greenhouse is the best place to start for this one. Ultimately, growing undercover gives you a broad range of plants, vegetables, and flowers to choose from, no matter what weather condition the outside world brings you, your undercover greenery is safe. Typically, you can alter the conditions of your greenhouse by introducing automatic irrigation systems, ventilation systems, insulation, heating elements, and many more, to provide the right climate for your desired plants and flowers.
For some fantastic gardening products for undercover growing, check out Two Wests.
Greenhouse pros:
- Climate control / Environment control
- Yearlong growth
- Choice of plants
Weeding
We know how you’re feeling, you start weeding and before you know if they’re back with a vengeance, how frustrating! We can’t stress the importance of keeping on top of your weeding. Here’s why:
- Weeding helps to improve soil fertility
- Weeds can camouflage pests and diseases
- Weeds hide your plants and other crops
- Less competition for water and nutrients if you banish those pesky weeds (be sure to pull them up from the root!)
- Your crops will get more sunlight
Yearlong Plant Growth
We have pieced together the perfect plants for yearlong growth in your beautiful garden. After all, a great garden has the ability to look fantastic all year round, not just spring and summer. By choosing carefully, you’ll have plants that offer yearlong beauty, from autumnal orange and red to a beautiful summer bloom.
Our year round favourites:
Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’
With leaves blooming to around 12cm, this large shrub boasts a beautiful heart shaped leaf, with stunning purple-red colours in the summertime. As autumn arrives, you’ll find this tree takes a more orange, bronze shade with small clusters of flowers in the spring.
Hydrangea Quercifolia
A deciduous shrub with large leaves, bringing beautiful autumnal shades as the weather gets cooler. There are large florets and beautiful summer blooms with this plant.
Viburnum Opulus
Our Final Tips:
Our Final Tips:
– Start small
– Plant where the sun shines
– No soil is equal, plant the best plants for your type of soil
– Remember, lawn care is more than just mowing!
The Viburnum Opulus is a native shrub, best suited for growing in gardens boasting lots of woodland or a shrub border. This plant offers a beautiful display all year round, with large white flowers in the late spring and summer to a beautiful array of red fleshy fruit in the autumn with striking red leaves.
Our Final Tips:
– Start small
– Plant where the sun shines
– No soil is equal, plant the best plants for your type of soil
– Remember, lawn care is more than just mowing!
The Viburnum Opulus is a native shrub, best suited for growing in gardens boasting lots of woodland or a shrub border. This plant offers a beautiful display all year round, with large white flowers in the late spring and summer to a beautiful array of red fleshy fruit in the autumn with striking red leaves.
Our Final Tips:
– Start small
– Plant where the sun shines
– No soil is equal, plant the best plants for your type of soil
– Remember, lawn care is more than just mowing!
