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By John Warrington | Sunday, January 4, 2009 | 0 Comments
Four days into the New Year, but I don’t think that it’s too late to wish each and everyone of you the happiest of New …
By John Warrington | Sunday, December 21, 2008 | 0 Comments
A time for plant inventories
My Christmas will really begin in three days time on Christmas Eve when I sit down and listen to the ‘Festival …
By John Warrington | Sunday, December 14, 2008 | 0 Comments
Always use resistant rootstock
Every Christmas I go to gatherings of dear friends. I have travelled to nearly all comers of the globe and I can …
By John Warrington | Sunday, December 7, 2008 | 0 Comments
Some people are shy about showing off their gardens
My Gloriosa rothschildiana, a most aptly named plant, is in full flower, and embracing a large plant …
By John Warrington | Sunday, November 30, 2008 | 0 Comments
The many members of the Solanaceae family
The potato (Lycopersicum esculentum) is a member of that great family, the Solanaceae. It has a lot to answer …
By John Warrington | Sunday, November 23, 2008 | 0 Comments
Cannas are an eyecatcher
In Britain, and I suspect in many other places on this planet, the doyenne of Indian cookery is a marvellous lady called …
By John Warrington | Sunday, November 16, 2008 | 0 Comments
Plants, pests and soil
I think a lot about visitors to our garden. About the many birds and small mammals which make their homes with us. …
By John Warrington | Sunday, November 9, 2008 | 0 Comments
Let your imagination rule your pocket
Here’s a bit of Keats for you: “Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.” He was, I suspect, referring to England …
By John Warrington | Sunday, November 2, 2008 | 0 Comments
Bougainvilleas and ixoras love hot,dry weather
For quite a few weeks the weather has been blisteringly hot, and no one should be surprised that their bougainvilleas …
By John Warrington | Sunday, October 26, 2008 | 0 Comments
Security plants
Say a prayer for me dear friends. I am shivering in what the English describe as late summer weather. This means to me cold …
By John Warrington | Saturday, October 18, 2008 | 0 Comments
Petunias give my sprits a lift
Life and work in the garden rotate with remarkable speed, and absolutely nothing seems to come round with such speed …
By John Warrington | Sunday, October 12, 2008 | 0 Comments
Patios are for sitting out
In the past few months we have spent a lot of time sitting on our small patio, once the heat has …
By John Warrington | Sunday, October 5, 2008 | 0 Comments
‘One year’s seed equals seven years’ weed’
Any man who calls a spade a spade ought to be forced to use one regularly. So said Oscar …
By John Warrington | Sunday, September 28, 2008 | 0 Comments
Some plants can be propagated using leaf cuttings
In the middle of September the nights get particularly cold in England, and further north in Scotland it …
By John Warrington | Sunday, September 21, 2008 | 0 Comments
Coconut: The perfect answer for the idle gardener
The largest seed most of us have had to handle in Guyana is the coconut. It’s as hard …
By John Warrington | Sunday, September 14, 2008 | 0 Comments
Try rooting African Violets from leaf-stalk cuttings
Everything seems to be growing at a rate of knots, and I still have what you might call an …
By John Warrington | Sunday, August 31, 2008 | 0 Comments
Talk to your plants
At the time of writing this article I am in England. To be more precise I am in Manchester, the city where …
By John Warrington | Sunday, August 24, 2008 | 0 Comments
Hydrangeas and heliotrope
It is at this time of the year that the hours of daylight start to slide towards equality with my home in Guyana, …
By John Warrington | Sunday, August 17, 2008 | 0 Comments
Never water fine seed with a can
One very important thing we should all remember is that seeds first come from plants, not out of packets, …
By John Warrington | Sunday, August 3, 2008 | 0 Comments
You can make your own seed trays
I always try and use a standard seed tray box for sowing seeds. A standard seed tray has an …
