Pond Plants for Rain Gardens What is a Rain Garden? A rain Garden is an Eco-friendly way of gardening, making use of free water. In addition, it is a way of creating Eco-friendly drainage. Normally, the run-off rain-water and flood-water from heavy downpours carries pollutants from roofs, driveways etc. straight into ditches, streams and freshwater […]
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Astilbe for Pond Surroundings and use In the Water Garden Astilbe, (also known as False Goats Beard) is a perennial native to mountains, ravines and woodlands in Asia and North America. There are many different species that have been cross-bred to produce the many hundreds of hybrids available today. As a result, different hybrids flower at […]
Read in fullPseudata New in the World of Iris Iris Pseudata is a cross between Japanese Iris Ensata and our native Iris Pseudacorus. The results of matching these two lovely Iris, are quite stunning. The cultivars come in a splendid selection of whites, purples, yellows, pinks, blues and pastel tones, and all carry distinct eye-shadow […]
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