On the Mauve

Find purple fashion, purple hand painted cow bells and mauve throw rugs at Serenity Nursery now.



Pictured here: An espaliered Amethyst falls wisteria, standard lavender and statice all featured in our lovely café style pots.

 

 

Look out for these purple flowering plants now:

 

Statice, lavender, climbing wisteria, polygalas, echium, petunias,

 spreading bacopa and spreading calibrachoa.

 

 

 

A visit to Mum and Dad's garden...

 Have a look at Mum and Dad's garden (Above). Well this is just one section of the garden that they have worked on over the last couple of years. I really like what they have done with a simple metal arbour from our garden centre. They painted the arbour black along with this solid wrought iron urn. Mum and Dad chose a wisteria to cover the arbour. The purple and black is an unexpected combination and actually looks quite striking. The vigorous wisteria climber flowers during the warmer months and in winter sheds it's leave to reveal a woven bare vine.

 

A variety of deciduous trees surround the arbour and a large lawn area. What an excellent spot for a private get together.



 

 

Wisteria Amethyst Falls

 

What's this? Wisteria Amethyst Falls. It is an American variety of wisteria that is a well behaved variety, not as invasive and more compact then the Asian varieties more commonly grown.

Masses of deep lilac coloured flowers are produced on shorter than usual racemes giving a fuller effect. Flowering begins in spring with repeat flushes throughout summer. Can be trained to climb posts or trellis or in the garden bed can be left to trail over retaining walls, rockeries or embankments.

Available now.

 

 

 



Grow This:

Pierre de Ronsard is one of the worlds favourite roses. This pretty climbing rose was inducted into the Rose Hall of Fame in 2006. It's a wonderful rose to grow over an archway or to cover a not so pretty fence.

Growing Tip: Plant climbing roses in winter when they are dormant and at their hardiest. Prepare the soil with Richgro Rose Marvel. Use a seaweed solution such as Seagold to help establish the roots of the rose and condition the soil.

Images via Manon 21

Freshly Picked:

Autumn is the perfect time to plant lemon trees or any citrus for that matter.

Grow cumquat's in pots for a Mediterranean feel or a lime tree along a fence for an edible screen.

 

It's no secret that I love dogs and while hunting the web I was delighted to stumble

 across these words of advise.

 

 Yellow roses, sunflowers and a lemon as a place card makes a pretty table setting. Use any type of fruit that is in season, your guest can take it home as a healthy snack!

 

 

A yellow feature wall is a dramatic backdrop to this climbing wisteria plant. Use paint in the garden to quickly and cheaply transform a space. Paint the side of an old shed, a fence or an old chair to introduce a new colour to a dull spot.

Plant tulips now and all Spring flowering bulbs. Love the yellow industrial stools? We have them in baby blue and cream @ Serenity Nursery now.

Heat Lovers

 

I drove past this amazing bougainvillea climber this week in Kingston. If you want a splash of vivid colour in your garden this is the plant. Bougainvilleas are excellent in pots. Grow up a trellis support to hide an ugly fence. They are @ Serenity Nursery now, and it's the perfect time to plant them. It's best to get them planted before it gets too cold. Look out for dwarf varieties too.

Below: Potted bougainvilleas in assorted colours that I spotted on a holiday in Darwin, just goes to show that they love the heat.

 



Heavenly Perfume

Chinese star jasmine is one of my favourite climbing plants. From November to February it produces star-like flowers with a wonderful Jasmine scent. It's an evergreen climber so it's a good one for covering ugly fences . It looks spectacular trailing the edge of a veranda or archways and will flower in shade or sun.

Below - Pierre de Ronsard climbing rose is another spectacular climber with large showy flowers.

LIVE the OUTDOORS.....

Don't you just love the sunny days we have had lately. It has been the best time to potter around the garden and determine what needs to go, what stays and what new plants to bring in...
... It's just beautiful to dwindle the day away in your own garden oasis.

images via Pretty Stuff

Country Style Vs Coastal Style

Country Style

• Gravel Pathways
• Rambling Roses
• Tuscan Teracotta
• Garden Sheds
• Pretty Cottages

Social Climbers

Chinese star jasmine frame the Tuscan doorway divinely.

Rosy red climbing Roses reach for the Tuscan Sun.

Lovely Climbing Roses cover a pergola, which is surrounded by Rosemary.

Chinese star Jasmine is a wonderful climber. Its a good one for growing over a front veranda. From afar it is a mass of white and the star-shaped flowers are intriguing up close.

Bougainvilleas

Magenta Bougainvilleas grow everywhere over Italy.