Dede Sophie

Giant Allium bulbs and their cultivars are a great way to add both colour and architectural effect to the garden. However they need to have a cold period to initiate flowering in the spring so planting them as fresh as you can find them and have them in the ground in both a timely fashion and during the right season is all important. So assuming your bulbs are as good a quality as you can find them then this video explains how to plant giant allium and giant ornamental onion bulbs in such a way that you can maintain those impressive flower heads year after year. If you would like to see more content like this then why no consider subscribing to our YouTube channel ‘Walking Talking Gardeners’.l It is absolutely free and you moving forward you can be notified of all our future videos assuming you have also clicked the bell button. 

Yes the weather is freezing. Yes it is the middle of December, but unlike our own garden which is sited in the milder climates of the south coast, the Exotic garden at RHS Wisley still has structure, seasonal colour, and a number of surprises that we didn’t expect to see!  The Fuschias and Abutilons are still in flower and despite a number of the key plants being wrapped in anticipation of winter frosts many of the specimen plants still have excellent ornamental value. In fact, now that some of the stock has died back or have been cut back to ground level other plants which were hidden in the greenery are now showing the splendour – in particular we found an amazing and extremely rare variegated Trachycarpus palm! So after following us around the gardens here at Wisley, why not follow our YouTube channel ‘Waling Talking Gardeners’ by clicking the ‘SUBSCRIBE’ button. It is absolutely free and you can be notified whenever we publish a new video by click...