Skip to content

English Country Gardener

A horticulturist's Perspective on the Green World

×

English Country Gardener

  • Home
  • Horticultural Terms
  • Monthly Gardening Jobs
    • Jobs to do in January
    • Jobs to do in February
    • Jobs to do in March
    • Jobs to do in April
    • Jobs to do in May
    • Jobs to do in June
    • Jobs to do in July
    • Jobs to do in August
    • Jobs to do in September
    • Jobs to do in October
    • Jobs to do in November
    • Jobs to do in December
  • Gardening How To
    • Re-potting Container Plants
    • Softwood Cuttings
  • My English Garden
    • New Drive
    • Crocus Bulbs
    • Soil pH Testing Part 1
    • The Leylandii Hedge is Down!
    • Cleaning out the Greenhouse
    • Open Gardens
    • News From A Cottage Garden
  • Gardening Links
  • Weather
  • Category
    • Kitchen Garden
    • Bulbs
    • Container Plants
    • Houseplants
    • City Garden
    • Shrubs
    • Propagation
    • Pruning
    • Herbaceous Perennials
    • Deciduous
    • More Categories
  • Home
  • Horticultural Terms
  • Monthly Gardening Jobs
    • Jobs to do in January
    • Jobs to do in February
    • Jobs to do in March
    • Jobs to do in April
    • Jobs to do in May
    • Jobs to do in June
    • Jobs to do in July
    • Jobs to do in August
    • Jobs to do in September
    • Jobs to do in October
    • Jobs to do in November
    • Jobs to do in December
  • Gardening How To
    • Re-potting Container Plants
    • Softwood Cuttings
  • My English Garden
    • New Drive
    • Crocus Bulbs
    • Soil pH Testing Part 1
      • Soil pH testing Part 2
    • The Leylandii Hedge is Down!
    • Cleaning out the Greenhouse
    • Open Gardens
    • News From A Cottage Garden
  • Gardening Links
  • Weather
  • Category
    • Kitchen Garden
    • Bulbs
    • Container Plants
    • Houseplants
    • City Garden
    • Shrubs
    • Propagation
    • Pruning
    • Herbaceous Perennials
    • Deciduous
    • More Categories

Category: Houseplants

Going on Holiday
City Garden / Container Plants / Deciduous / Herbaceous Perennials / Houseplants / kitchen garden / Perennials / Plant Husbandry / Shrubs / Summer Bedding Plants / Summer Interest
  • 22nd July 2015
  • 6 mins
Tagged annuals, automated irrigation system, automated watering system, bucket and towel trick, bug controls

Going on Holiday

Going on Holiday For many of us the summer months are the time for our holidays. Its also the time when our […]

Share this post:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
Read more
Jobs to do April
Bulbs / Climbers / Container Plants / Herbaceous Perennials / Houseplants / Perennials / Pests / Plant Husbandry / Pruning / Shrubs
  • 7th April 2015
  • 3 mins
Tagged aphid attacks, Canna, caterpillar like larvae of gooseberry, Chaenomeles, Clematis

Jobs to do April

Jobs to do April Its April and already Spring is well underway, the Daffodils are slowly going over, the cherry blossom is […]

Share this post:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
Read more
Gardening Jobs for February
Bulbs / City Garden / Container Plants / Deciduous / Grasses / Herbaceous Perennials / Houseplants / kitchen garden / Perennials / Plant Husbandry / Propagation / Pruning / Shrubs / Spring Interest / Therapeutic Gardening
  • 9th February 2015
  • 3 mins
Tagged beech, bird feeders, blood fish and bone, broad beans, Carpinus betulus

Gardening Jobs for February

Gardening Jobs for February February is right on the edge of spring, things are starting to appear in the garden, we already […]

Share this post:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
Read more
Re-potting Container Plants
City Garden / Herbaceous Perennials / Herbs / Houseplants / Pruning
  • 9th February 2015
  • 4 mins
Tagged compost, container, damaged, dead, diseased

Re-potting Container Plants

Re-potting Container Plants Do you have any permanent container plants? Anything on your patio? If so then its a good time to […]

Share this post:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
Read more
Gardening Jobs for December
Acid Loving Plants / Bulbs / Container Plants / Diseases / Grasses / Herbaceous Perennials / Houseplants / kitchen garden / Plant Husbandry / Pruning / Shrubs / Winter Interest
  • 4th December 2014
  • 4 mins
Tagged acidic loving plant, Agapanthus, Azalea, blueberry, brussel sprouts

Gardening Jobs for December

Gardening Jobs for December Cold frosty mornings, clear blue skies and snow make December a truly magical month, not to mention its Christmas Time! […]

Share this post:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
Read more
Jobs to Do in November
Bulbs / City Garden / Container Plants / Deciduous / Grasses / Herbaceous Perennials / Herbs / Houseplants / kitchen garden / Perennials / Plant Husbandry / Pruning / Shrubs / Spring Interest / Winter Interest / Young Gardeners
  • 10th November 2014
  • 6 mins
Tagged apple pie, architectural structure, bare root perennials, bare root shrubs, bare root trees

Jobs to Do in November

Garden Jobs for November I honestly can not believe it is November already. November is the start of cold days, frost, and the winter […]

Share this post:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
Read more
Gardening for the under 30s
Annuals / City Garden / Climbers / Container Plants / Deciduous / Grasses / Herbaceous Perennials / Houseplants / Perennials / Shrubs / Spring Interest / Summer Interest / Therapeutic Gardening / Winter Interest / Young Gardeners
  • 19th August 2014
  • 11 mins
Tagged Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert', annual, Astrantia major, bric a brack, bulbs

Gardening for the under 30s

Gardening for the under 30s Gardening over the years has developed a persona for being an older persons hobby, to be honest […]

Share this post:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
Read more
Summer Gardens
Annuals / Bulbs / City Garden / Container Plants / Deciduous / Grasses / Herbaceous Perennials / Herbs / Houseplants / kitchen garden / Perennials / Plant Husbandry / Pruning / Shrubs / Summer Interest / Therapeutic Gardening / Young Gardeners
  • 5th August 2014
  • 5 mins
Tagged annual seeds, climbers, fair weather gardener, gardening with kids, growing cress in egg shells

Summer Gardens

Summer Gardens   I love summer, its this time of year you get to reap the joys of all your hard work, […]

Share this post:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
Read more
Softwood Cuttings
Herbaceous Perennials / Houseplants / Perennials / Pests / Plant Husbandry / Propagation
  • 9th June 2014
  • 4 mins
Tagged Aster, Buddleja, cuttings, Dahlia, Delphinium

Softwood Cuttings

Taking Soft wood Cuttings There are many benefits of vegetative propagation such as creating a clonal replica of the parent plant, it’s […]

Share this post:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
Read more
Jobs to do in June
Annuals / Container Plants / Deciduous / Diseases / Herbaceous Perennials / Houseplants / Perennials / Pests / Plant Husbandry / Pruning / Winter Interest
  • 5th June 2014
  • 5 mins
Tagged apples, aquatic plants, Argyranthemum, Asparagus, bearded Irises

Jobs to do in June

Its June already and our gardens are in full swing. Our spring plants are finished and summer is well on its way.  Garden […]

Share this post:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
Read more

Posts pagination

1 2 Next
Jobs to do in October
Pumpkins, Apples and Autumn
Open Gardens
Pet Friendly Gardens
Jobs for August
Going on Holiday
News From A Cottage Garden

English Country Gardener

Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme : New Blog a free WordPress theme : by : Postmagthemes