It’s full steam ahead here. So much is going on and the season is well underway with grass to be mowed, borders to weed, plants to planted, just one thing missing! What, may you ask? If you have not noticed, it’s the long sunny days! We have the lighter evenings now but it is still getting cold at nights. I am still needing my nice woolly jumper! The plants in the nursery are needing the sun. We have stock that we are growing on for...

Pro gardens Ltd is staging their first show garden, to be premiered at The Blenheim Palace Flower Show, 19 – 21 June, 2015. Pro Gardens Ltd secured design, landscaping and maintenance contracts at last years show and are delighted to be showcasing this enchanting Show Garden at Blenheim this year. The submission for this year’s entry is creating lots of excitement and beautifully illustrates Jamie, our young, talented designer at work. Visit Pro Gardens Ltd at the Blenheim Palace Flower Show and find...

Who said a pot or hanging basket must contain bedding plants such as impatiens and geraniums? For a fresh approach to your hanging baskets, why not plant up with herbs such as Thyme (Thymus serpyllum ‘Annie Hall’), with its tiny pink flowers? Add Rosemary (Rosmarinus Officinalis’ sittinghurst blue ‘) mixed with Salvia argentea, with it’s flat silver leaves, to this combination. You can add colour with viola, dianthus – this could be Doris, a nice old fashioned dianthus, or houndspool ruby which will give...

On a damp dull day, that feels quite chilly, it’s hard to believe spring is here at Pro Gardens. The signs are all round us; we have daffodils flowering by the road sides bringing colour to hedgerows and verges. Stratford upon Avon is lovely as you approach it, with its tree-lined Banbury Road. The prunus is flowering and we see the Magnolias with their buds bursting forward. My favourite of these being the Magnolia ‘Etienne Soulgange-Bodin’ with its large tulip shaped flowers, that are a creamy...