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Is your garden beautiful and low maintenance? Many people believe the choice is one or the other, beautiful and high maintenance or low maintenance and boring. It doesn’t have to be this way! Good garden design, suitable plants and hard landscaping can create a beautiful, low maintenance garden. Using shrubs and perennials means your space… Read more »
Now, mid November is the ideal time to plant a hedge. The ground is still warm from the summer and the plants are dormant meaning it isn’t such a shock for them to be moved. When thinking about a hedge it is important to get the right plant for your garden. Our hedge hub suggests… Read more »
Low hedges sound a bit of a contradiction. A hedge is to keep something in or out, to define a boundary so why have a low hedge? In many garden designs from the cutting edge trendy to traditional cottage you will find that there are low hedges used To edge a path To frame a… Read more »
With the recent deluges, flash flooding and general misery from all the rain; probably the last thing you would expect to do is to keep watering your plants. But, hanging baskets and pots may be drying out and will need liquid feed. The heavy rain will have splashed the leaves and damaged blooms, but it… Read more »
It’s lovely to know the Easter Break is almost upon us. Traditionally the time to start planting, this year with Easter so early and the wet weather since December means the ground may not really be ready to accept tender plants and seeds. If you are keen to get planting but concerned the ground is… Read more »
Spring is on its way, but it’s a frustrating time in the garden. Everything is getting ready to grow, but the prolonged rain means the ground too boggy to dig or plant. You may be desperate to get out there and start, but concerned you will damage soil structure as you tread on the earth…. Read more »
Its still very wet out there! In many Warwickshire gardens if you tread on your grass you leave a muddy footprint. Whilst the soil is this saturated the best way to help it is by keeping off it. In the last couple of blogs we have looked at how planting trees can help manage waterlogged… Read more »
In the last blog we looked at trees that can grow in boggy conditions and are adapted to help us manage heavy rainfall. As well as trees, the design of your garden can help you to manage heavy rainfall. One of the best ways to manage the impact of rainfall on your property is to… Read more »
Most of the leaves are off the trees now, allowing your evergreens to come to the fore. Evergreens are more than just conifers. There are lovely plants such as Box, Privet, Laurel and Bay that can be feature plants in your garden. Bay has the added benefit of being a culinary herb too. The deciduous… Read more »
At Chopwell we turn our attention to garden clearance and maintenance at this time of year. It is not the right time to plant hedges or trees unless you are prepared to water them, twice a day every day for the next 3-4 months, including summer holidays. If you are considering a tree or hedge,… Read more »
