THE MODERN MINT BLOG
Where To Buy Seed
For those of you asking where we buy our seed, we have put together a list of seed houses for …
Taking Cuttings – Marina Christopher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl-aRt-Anqg If you want more of a particular plant then a cheap way to get them is by taking cuttings. And the best way for us to show you is by offering you this short video nurserywoman Marina Christopher made. The video is fun – we have always loved watching nurserywomen and men performing their craft, seeing these well-honed movements and agile fingers practising what they have done in all likelihood thousands of times. The dexterity is amazing, the confidence with which they manipulate the plant material showing just how close a relationship they have with plants. Marina runs Phoenix …
Top 5 Coffee Table Garden Books
(No, Christmas is not here yet…) But we thought we would share the best coffee table garden books that we have come across – in case you need to give someone a present that is hefty enough to mean something, cheap enough to afford and beautiful enough to actually be worthwhile. 1) Mirrors of Paradise: The Gardens of Fernando Caruncho Our number one book is about garden designer Fernando Caruncho. He was a big influence on us when we started our garden design business and there is much to be learnt from his planting schemes – basically, he uses several …
Native Trees
Native trees, if you need help deciding what you might like to plant… 1) Native Trees, Evergreen – Box (Buxus Semperivens) Dense wood, good in dry conditions, used for topiary. – Holly (Ilex Aquifolium) Dark green foliage, beautiful bark and trunk. Prize tree in winter. Male to female mix for berries. – Yew (Taxus Baccata) Topiary, trim once in August, thick hedge, grows faster than you think. – Juniper (Juniperus Communis) Dry and eat the berries, smell good or bad depending on your taste, slow growing. – Scots Pine (Pinus Sylvestris) Conical, red bark, needle leaves. 2) Native Trees, Deciduous …