Blogs on plant labels

Cold Stratification

Whilst it is too unpleasant to go outside, I thought I would blog about the cold. Some plants need a period of cold in order...

Long Term Labels

What is the solution to labels that fade? The names of plants when written on white plastic labels, either in pencil or so...

Wrong Names :(

I have mislead you all :( Over the years I have posted photos of a Fuchsia called 'Huet's Beryl' but I'm afraid that was...

Buying Black Labels

On Saturday, drove to the New Forest, to go to a nursery which sells black plant labels. Bought a packet of one hundred,...

Not Fade Away

A small ‘problem’ with my bulb bed is that for much of the year, the spring flowering bulbs are resting. This makes it tricky...

Final and definitive shrub-numbering!

I inherited a lot of shrubs when I took over the property, very few of which I could put a name to. I did start numbering...

Winter losses: Spring options.

I managed 4hrs in the garden yesterday until the bitingly cold east wind made my back spasm. However in that time I made...

Orchid...

I recently asked about all the little black flies in the compost of this plant,and the helpful replies,suggested they were...

EVEN MORE BUYS!!!

A cure for boredom-plant buying ;))))

Plant tags

Well went through a very tedious task of sorting all my tags out in alphabetical order-what a bonus , found out what some...

What can I do in the Winter??

Oh dear.... However much I try to deny it (constantly in denial) I have to admit winter will be with us soon. I take inspiration...

Learning from comments in Goy.

Weary of the allotment drought, I copied ideas from Goy and am starting a Container Garden at home. As members wrote about...

Are plants more expensive than they were 30 years ago?

Plants are more available than they were 30 years ago but how have prices changed in terms of inflation over that period....

A rose ... or clematis ... by any other name ...

Rose "Handel" ... ... a climber with pretty petals ... ... on my north-facing front fence ... ......................................................................... Rose...

Arley Spring Plant Fair

Hello :) This morning we went to the spring plant fair at Arley to pick up a few treats! There were only about 7 nurserys...

New Gadget

Today I got a lovely surpise gift from OH, a pair of secateurs and a labelling machine! I'm delighted to say the least, as...

Bargain bulbs..

hi all, i thought i would show you what i bought from Wilkos today.. 10 tulips..red riding hood. 10 tulips. peach blossom. 10...

Pottering on the internet , what did I find.

I came across this nursery.Its catalogue lists Black plant labels and silver pen. They reckon it lasts a long time. Labelling...

Recycling a plastic milk bottle - Making a seed tray and labels

I have found good uses for plastic milk bottles. By cutting them in different ways I have used them in the past as scoops,...

Spending Spree !

I am quite excited and have to share. I have just bought with my Christmas Vouchers a little Prunus tree and a Climbing...

Tags and labels One growers explanation etc.

I noticed quite of few of you have trouble with plants not labelled or the instuctions on the labels. So I thought I would...

A Brief Rant!!!

This is just to let off steam...today was the May Fair of the Village Primary School, and being a nice kind helpful person...

PlantTags/Labels......

fed up walking around my garden&hardly any of my plants have name TAGS/LABELS on! So @ weekend i invested in Some CD/Permanent...