Seeing gardening as a serious and even outrageous art form has placed Anne Wareham well outside of what usually passes for discussion of gardens. Impatient with received ideas, eager to provoke, The Bad-Tempered Gardener is the story of her development as a thinking gardener and the creation with her husband, Charles Hawes, of their acclaimed garden in the Welsh borders, the Veddw. From the strange (plant obsessives, a bizarre debut as a television presenter) to the everyday (deadheading, sharing a garden), with frequent paeans to favourite plants and thoughtful pieces on show gardens and status, this is an intelligent, pugnacious and engaging book. It also unflinchingly conveys the challenges, the hard work, triumphs and failures behind the creation and development of a substantial contemporary garden. 196 Pages
Designed for all ages with an easy to read LCD backlit screen. With a non-slip handle that is comfortable to grip, the forehead thermometer can be used repeatedly without worrying about contact with others. It can quickly detect whether the human body is carrying a fever without the need for contact. The infrared thermometer can be used to measure body temperature by aiming the device at the forehead from 5-8cm away for less than 1 second. This non-contact measurement means that the device is not touching the skin, preventing cross-infection. It's simple to use; press the respective buttons to toggle between measurement mode, unit of measurement, and memory check. The infrared thermometer has a standard deviation rate of 0.2°C-0.3°C when measuring body temperature and 1°C when measuring objects. It has a warning beep to indicate a high temperature. Batteries not included- 2 * AAA batteries Contents: User Manual x1 - Infrared Gun x1
You can now enjoy true year-round interest with vibrant flower colour, brightly coloured berries and stems, tactile bark and wonderfully fragrant flowers - simply brilliant value for money compared to expensive, potted garden centre shrubs. These 12 tried-and-tested garden winners will fill any gaps you might have in your existing beds and borders or allow you to plant a new one from scratch, with each individual shrub having the potential to fill about 1m sq. (3-4ft sq.). Once planted they will rapidly grow and look tremendous from this year onwards, giving a stunning visual display and a degree of privacy and security for you, as well as a natural safe haven for a wide variety of wildlife. The berries will provide much-needed winter food for wild birds and the shrubby structure will offer cover and protection for them too. Varieties Include: Symphoricarpos albus: Known as the 'Common Snowberry' for obvious reasons! The berries provide much-needed winter food for wildlife. Grows to 90-120cm (3-4ft).Syringa vulgaris: The common Lilac produces fragrant, lavender-coloured blooms each May. Hardy and deciduous and great for hedging, it grows to 300-450cm (10-15ft) tall.Cornus alba: The 'Red-Barked Dogwood' provides fantastic autumn colour with its bright red vertical branches. In summer it leafs up and has soft pink flowers in mid-summer. Grows to 90-120cm (3-4ft). Potentilla Yellow: A tall, upright shrub with rich green foliage, smothered in beautiful yellow flowers from late spring to the first frosts. Robust and drought tolerant even in exposed conditions, it likes a sunny spot. Deadhead to keep the flowers coming and trim in autumn. Grows to 120-150m (4-5ft).Tamarix tetandra: Commonly known as the 'Tamarisk' or 'Salt Cedar', this upright, deciduous shrub or small tree has gracefully arching dark branches and needle-like foliage. A superb focal point, it produces masses of feathery plumes of tiny pink blossom from April to May. Holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit. Grows to 300cm (9ft).Spirea douglasii: Part of the rose family, it is often know as the 'Rose Spirea'. Easy to grow with masses of pretty pink flowers in early summer. Perfect for small spaces. Grows to 90cm (3ft).Forsythia intermedia 'Spectabilis': Literally one of the most spectacular early season shrubs because of its bright yellow bloom. Perfect for hedges and really easy to grow. Grows to 120-150cm (4-5 ft), although can be trimmed into a tidy hedge. Hypericum Hidcote: With masses of saucer-shaped, buttery yellow flowers from early to late autumn contrasted against lush, semi-evergreen foliage, it is compact and bushy and great for feature hedging. Holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit. Grows to 100-150cm (3-5ft). Deutzia scabra: Also known as the 'Fuzzy Deutzia', this native of Japan and China grows to about 250cm (8ft) tall and smothers itself in pure white fragrant flowers in June. Berberis thunbergii 'Atropurpurea': A great hedging plant because of its spiky branches, but also a beautiful garden plant. The yellow flowers appear in late spring and the purple foliage provides lovely autumn colour. Grows to 90-120cm (3-4ft). Philadelphus coronarius: Commonly known as the 'Mock Orange', it will be clothed in a profusion of creamy white, fabulously fragrant flowers through June and July. Grows to 150-180cm (5-6ft).Weigela rosea: A lovely garden shrub, with fabulous pink flower colour in May, June and July. Grows to 90-120cm (3-4ft). Please note: these plants are supplied dormant and without leaves, looking more like dried twigs, and will establish in the ground over winter. They will not show signs of growth until the weather warms in spring, when they will burst into leaf.
Nothing heralds the arrival of Autumn in the garden than good old-fashioned Chrysanths - and these amazing Hardy Garden 'Mums are just the ticket to fill your garden with colour late on in the season and on into Winter. Naturally dome forming and compact, they will make fabulous potted plants for outdoors, or neat little domes in beds and borders. They will be smothered in literally hundreds and hundreds of flowers in deep, rich Autumnal shades, their filled centres joining together to create a carpet of colour. You will get 3 plugs each of 6 colours from the Gigi series - Orange, Coral, Pink, Dark Pink, Snow and Yellow - all flowering their socks off from late August well into November. Perfection for the Autumn garden!
If you would like to grow your own tall, strong stems of cut flowers, for harvest late this summer and in to the autumn months these are the perfect plants to grow. They will flower from August and into October, with each plant giving you approximately 5-6 stems for cut flowers. They are ready to pick as soon as the first few flowers Break Bud, which means start to show some colour when they get to this stage, cut the stems quite low down, around 15cm (6') from the ground level, and remove the lower leaves from the cut stems prior to plunging them in to a tall vase of cold water. As an indoor display, they will last at least 2 weeks, but do change the water every few days as this keeps them in the best possible condition. When grown exclusively as a border plant, give them some support with a bamboo cane and position them towards the back of a border where they will brighten your garden just when so many other plants are coming to the end of their season.
Garden Bloom Chrysanthemums bear a single large flower rather than the multiple flowers that Spray types produce. These are really fashionable with top florists and command very high prices per stem, so if you grow your own you can have a magnificent display indoors and out and also save a small fortune! Throughout the growing season, remove the side shoots on a fortnightly basis (these are the little growths between the leaves and the stem) as this directs all of the energy in to the single large top flower. They bloom from September to October, so they make a perfect companion to the spray chrysanthemums, with each plant giving you approximately 3-4 stems of cut-able flowers. They are ready to cut as soon as you see the first sign of colour appearing and when they get to this stage, cut the stems quite low down, around 15cm (6') from the ground level, and remove the lower leaves from the cut stems prior to plunging them in to a tall vase of cold water. As an indoor display, they will last at least 2 weeks, but do change the water every few days as this keeps them in the best possible condition. Support them throughout the growing season with a strong bamboo cane per plant. Although a little more work is involved in growing Bloom Chrysanthemums, the quality and impact of the flowers will more than repay you for your effort!
This is the ultimate chrysanthemum collection - 24 of the biggest and best varieties guaranteed to make a massive impact in your garden!Chrysanthemums are a much loved, classic cottage garden favourite, due to their beautiful clusters of ball-shaped flowers. Nothing heralds the arrival of autumn in the garden than a garden flushed with their gorgeous blooms.'Spray' and 'Bloom' Chrysanthemums are the beautiful classic old-fashioned types, with glorious 8-10 inch blooms in a mix of orange, pink, yellow and purple. Planted in a mixture these will create simply stunning features!Chrysanthemums have a long flowering period, so you can enjoy their huge, impressive displays all summer long, typically from the end of July through to December.Often used to create impact in florist's bouquets where they come at a price, this collection is incredible value for money and you'll be able to cut them from your own garden and create your very own unique displays in vases indoors.These are hardy, shrubby perennials that will return every year to delight with their showy blooms. They are so easy to care for and they thrive when well-watered but require very little pruning. They produce their tight, balls of colour naturally, and don't need any help achieving or maintaining this shape.
Phenomenal by name, phenomenal by nature! This outstanding performing lavender has all you could ever need from the much-loved perennial. Suitable for all garden conditions, positions and temperatures, it is drought-tolerant, winter hardy and evergreen for year-long interest - perfect for anyone to grow. Not only is lavender 'Phenomenal' a real performer in UK gardens, but it has the most spectacular, notably larger, lilac-purple flowers than other varieties. The blooms stand on strong, upright stems and give off the most wonderful sweet scent. This combination of showy flowers and fragrance is an absolute magnet for bees, butterflies and other beneficial garden insects, making it a fabulous choice for pollinating the garden. A real multi-purpose lavender, it's ideal for hedging, dividing and lining pathways and edges, and also a great choice for herb gardens with its heightened fragrance, and for cut flower gardens where it makes a beautiful addition to displays and bouquets. 'Phenomenal' can also be planted into patio pots and containers where the perfume can really be appreciated. Flowering throughout the summer, 'Phenomenal' may even give a second flush of flowers into the autumn if the first wave are cut back once faded. So, if you want to grow lavender in your garden but aren't sure of which one to grow, 'Phenomenal' really has got it all...
A new introduction and a worthy plant for your borders and pots this year, these bedding plants have been bred to perform really well in your garden and are ideal when grown in containers. With two different flower colours on the same plant, each one is smothered in both pastel pink and also yellow flowers, this Marguerite Daisy will flower its little heart out all summer and into autumn, filling your garden with dazzling, colour-changing blooms. Really easy to grow and ideal for beginner gardeners, the compact plants are well branched, meaning that you'll get plenty of flowers. Good for wildlife too as each daisy is held above the finely divided, feathery leaves, making them stand out even more, creating a mecca for butterflies and other pollinators. Supplied as 6 x plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out.
Also known as New Zealand Flax, Phormium 'Pink Panther' is a robust, fully hardy evergreen which forms a dense clump of sword-like leaves - a really great plant for adding a bit of a statement to your garden. Stunning in a border and stylish in a container, this recently introduced phormium plant has particularly striking, bright pink, red-edged leaves, and is a compact form - meaning that it won't overshadow everything in your garden plus you can grow it in a pot! Phormiums prefer a hot dry site (although will tolerate partial shade) and make a great candidate for a Mediterranean garden or a gravel garden where their upright leaves make a great foil for many other coloured plants. Easy to grow, phormium 'Pink Panther' is a compact form, and needs virtually no maintenance - it may even reward you with spikes of red flowers in late summer. Ultimately growing to around 120cm, we supply an established plant in a 9cm pot ready for immediate planting.
Nothing heralds the arrival of Autumn in the garden more than good old-fashioned Chrysanths - and these amazing Hardy 'Garden Mums' are just the ticket to fill your garden with colour late on in the season and on into Winter. Naturally dome forming and compact, they will make fabulous potted plants for outdoors, or neat little domes in beds and borders. They will be smothered in literally hundreds and hundreds of flowers in deep, rich Autumnal shades, their filled centres joining together to create a carpet of colour. They will make simply stunning and long-lasting cut flowers to be enjoyed in your favourite vase.Supplied as a pack of 10 Garden Ready Plants, ready to plant out.
Geranium Rozanne was voted the Royal Horticultural Societys Plant of the Centenary at the100th Chelsea Flower Show. The best new plant in the last 100 years, as voted by the gardening public too! We are proud to offer you the chance to own three of these spectacular plants. Each one will form a compact bush of lush foliage, and produce prolific, long-lasting displays from June to October. The beautiful, saucer-shaped, blue with white centre flowers contrast beautifully with the rich green foliage. As summer fades, the leaves turn from fiery orange, to red, then brown in a glorious late display! A hardy perennial, Geranium Rozanne is perfect for borders, easy ground cover and patio containers get yours while you can! It really is one of the easiest no-fuss, no maintenance perennials, rewarding you with amazing dispalys for over 5 Months. In Martin's garden last December it was even still hanging on in flower! Deservedly a best-seller every year, and every garden should have one! Supplied as 3 established plants in 9cm pots, ready to plant out.