Tag Archives for Sowing
Sowing Seeds of Indoor Cyclamen
The best time to make a sowing is early August. This will allow the seed several weeks of warm, sunny weather for germination. If sowing is delayed later than the middle of the month, it may not receive sufficient warmth … Continue reading
Garden Bulbs: Suggestions
Unless otherwise stated, all the bulbs here will do well in any normal garden soil, and most will do very well even on chalky soils. The only soils that bulbs do not generally tolerate are those that are likely to … Continue reading
Potting Up Seedlings
The first leaves to appear on seedlings (known as seed-leaves) do not resemble those of mature plants except in a few types of plant, such as the palms, hippeastrums, and members of the lily family. Always wait until a second … Continue reading
Bulbs
Almost all the spring flowering bulbs that are seen in the garden can be had in flower in the greenhouse much earlier in the year. Before planting it is wise to select the container that suits the particular bulb, so … Continue reading
Propagation of Cacti and Succulents
The layman is frequently much impressed by the cactus grower who can show his plants off with beautiful flowers surmounting their more than spiteful spines — it could well be thought that the man with the plants has something of … Continue reading
Growing Strawberries
Strawberries are less exotic than the melon, but a luxury nevertheless when one is able to have them out of season, which is possible in the small greenhouse where they can be housed with a wide variety of other plants. … Continue reading
Annuals
One of the great benefits of a greenhouse in the garden is in the ability to produce all sorts of plants and flowers ahead of their natural flowering time out of doors. And it need not be terribly exotic flowers … Continue reading
Rubiaceae
A prominent houseplant grower once said that if a plant had naturally glossy leaves it was well on the way to being accepted by the amateur for indoor decoration. Although one would dread the thought of trying to grow Gardenia … Continue reading
Cyclamen Primulaceae
Cyclamen, in spite of the difficulty the average householder experiences in keeping them in the hot and airless conditions that are inevitable with central heating, are still among the most popular of all flowering pot plants. With seed grown plants … Continue reading
Malvaceae
Flowers of the many fine hybrid forms of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis are now available in a wide range of beautiful colours, but the snag is that they last only for a day. Some of the double flowered forms may hold for … Continue reading