If you are looking for something unusual, easy to grow, hardy and will guarantee colour during the winter months, then look no further than the humble Cyclamen.
Tag: Alpines
Growing Delosperma from seed
Delosperma, in my mind is the one of the easiest, hardiest and stunning of the Aizoaceae household. It is unique, versatile and highly colourful!
Sedum Ussuriense Turkish Delight Seeds
An attractive dwarf selection, with deepest burgundy, almost black foliage and carmine-red flower umbels. Stunning in containers, borders or rockeries. Sedum Ussuriense ‘Turkish Delight’ will look striking in any sized garden.
Delosperma floribunda Stardust Seeds
If you are looking for a good plant for a dry garden, the Delosperma floribunda Stardust requires little attention and is easy to propagate from seeds and cuttings.
Autumn Joy Sedum
How to grow and care for this attractive late-bloomer. The perennial ‘Autumn Joy’ Sedum, is a versatile, clump forming herbaceous Stonecrop and well suited to a dry spot in your garden.
Rock Garden Plants
Their is something hugely satisfying and comforting about the sight of miniature, hardy alpines in a rock garden weaving their carpets of colour around well placed stones. Here are some great alpine plants to try.
Sedums – Low maintenance plants
For low maintenance, easy growers – you can’t beat Sedums. A few ideas for growing these succulent perennial plants.
Mimulus – Monkey Flower
Anyone who has ever grown the Mimulus, (Monkey Flower), will heartily agree that this charming and enduring half-hardy perenial can create a storm of colour in a shady corner of a garden.
Sempervivums
There are many plants that are very good at coping with extremes in weather, Sempervivums, also known as Houseleeks or Liveforever are such plants
Retro rockery rockets!
Don’t turn your back on rockeries – Alpines are used to a hard life as it is!