Climbing roses are one of the gardeners’ favorite types of roses. They add grace and nostalgia and tenderness to any home garden. Climbing roses are often vigorous plants that will reach varying heights depending on the cultivar. All climbing rose species have stiff, arching stems, usually with dense, glossy leaves divided into small leaflets. The frequently scented roses flowers are borne in summer, some in one exuberant flush, other having a lesser repeat flowering. Climbing roses can be trained against walls or fences as decorative features in their own right, planted as a complement to other climbers, such as clematis or allowed to scramble up into other wall-trained shrubs or even old trees. They are invaluable for disguising unsightly garden buildings, or as a backdrop to a summer border. Read the rest of this entry »
The other broad category of bush roses is cluster-flowered. These very free-flowering bush roses are also known as floribunda roses. Like other roses, floribunda roses come in a huge range of flower and colors but are set apart from the large-flowered bush roses by their large, many-flowered trusses of relatively small blooms. Nearly all are fragrant, some more so than others. They lend themselves well to informal or cottage garden displays, mixing well with herbaceous perennials and other shrubs; remember to consider the color of the flowers when choosing all neighbouring plants, since blooms will continue to appear from early summer to early autumn. Read the rest of this entry »
Bush roses are divided in two broad categories: Large-flowered or Hybrid Teas and cluster flowered or Floribundas. The only difference between these bush roses is the number and shape of the flowers: large-flowered roses have a single bloom on each stem (the classic rose for cutting), cluster flowered roses have several flowers on each stem.
Also known as hybrid tea roses, large flowered deciduous rose shrubs are commonly grown in formal bedding displays, laid out with neat paths and edging. They are distinguished from other roses in that they carry their large flowers singly. The first blooms appear in early summer and repeat flushes continue into early autumn. In a formal bed, group five or six of the same cultivar together, and interplant with some standard roses to add some variation in height. These bush roses also combine well with herbaceous perennials and other shrubs in mixed borders. Read the rest of this entry »
Eustoma Mermaid Series is ankle-high stems providing long flowering of pink, white, or black-centered blue flowers. The cultivated Eustoma flower, large funnel-shaped, is often known as Lisianthus, Texas Blue Bell, Prairie Gentian. The Yodel Series provides taller plants. So called Lisianthus is an excellent choice for pots, or filling gaps in patio paving. Lisianthus is very effective for purple wedding arrangements, wedding wrist corsage.
How to grow Eustoma
Provide well-drained, neutral to alkaline soil, in full sun.
Cleome Hassleriana, commonly known as Spider Flower or Spider plant, is a tender annual growing to a height of 150 cm. Spider Flower is a species of Cleome native to South America and southeast Brazil. Cleome Hassleriana is usually cultivated as an ornamental plant, appreciated most for flower colors.
Cleome Hassleriana ‘Helen Campbell’ is the white spider flower and it has stiffy upright, spiny stems and is topped by unusual, beautiful flowers. Our advice is to grow cleomes in bold groups in the middle of a border giving plenty of impact. Read the rest of this entry »
