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 […]
Read in fullAttracting Newts to Your Pond One of the great things about owning a back garden pond is the amount of wildlife that it will attract, and if you follow a few easy guidelines, you should be lucky enough to attract and establish a colony of Newts. If you are still in the process […]
Read in fullAttracting British Amphibians to your Water Garden One of the main attractions when creating a water feature in our gardens is, the hope that we will attract that lovely and sometimes comical, array of amphibians. We all like the idea of a bit of home conservation, and inviting Frogs, Toads and Newts to […]
Read in fullMazus Reptans Also known as ‘Chinese Marsh Flower’, Mazus Reptans is a variety of Alpine that gives very good ground cover. It produces Matt-forming, bright green, foliage and a mass of purple or white flowers. The white flowered variety grows more tightly compact than the purple species. Mazus are frost hardy, evergreen plants that like […]
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