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Palheiro Gardens, Madeira, walk-through with horticultural commentary - Part 2

Welcome back to the ‘Walking talking Gardeners’ YouTube channel. We recently posted Part 1 of our visit to Palheiro Gardens in Madeira. Well hold on …

HOW TO GROW STAPELIA SHINZII

Stapelia schinzii is a rarely seen (at least it is in the United Kingdom)  clump forming succulent plant grown for its impressively large, ornamental…

Grow Free Aeonium (Tree Aeonium or Irish Rose or Tree Houseleek) from Cu...

Aeoniums are arguably one of our absolute favourite succulents. I think it is because of how the apical rosette of leathery leaves look like exotic b…

Free Giant Ornamental Onions 'Allium giganteum' from Seed

The giant ornamental onion – Allium giganteum is not only one of my favourite of all the flowering bulbs, it is one of my favourite plants of all! …

PLANT CHOICES FOR AN EXTREMELY COLD-HARDY, TROPICAL EFFECT GARDEN

It is easy, or at least relatively so, to create a cold-hardy, tropical effect garden, but is it still possible to produce a tropical effect garden…

Tree Echium (Echium pininana) winter Maintenance and caterpillar Damage

Ahh, Tree Echiums or as I clearly like to call them ‘Giant Echiums’, which of course they are! The problem with growing them on the south coast of En…

How to Plant and Grow the Star Magnolia - Magnolia stellata

The wonderful Star Magnolia – Magnolia stellata is arguably the best of the early, small ornamental flowering trees in the business. Native to the st…

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