What is deadheading and why do it? Deadheading flowers is simply the process of removing the spent blooms from your plants. You should typically deadhead as the bloom fades and begins to lose its petals. There are two main reasons for deadheading your flowers. Firstly, deadheading encourages your plant to produce more flowers. Secondly, deadheading …
Plant hardiness Plant hardiness can be described as follows: Assuming the right amounts of nutrients, light and water the survival of a plant in a particular location is determined by the lowest temperatures it will have to withstand. We therefore say that a plant that can withstand the temperature extremes in a particular place is …
In this short podcast I focus on growing conditions and in particular what I have learned about the relationship between temperature and plants in my garden in the two years I have been gardening here. The transcript below is an edited version of the podcast. Transcript I’ve been musing about the way the garden has …
