Robinia Pseudoacacia Frisia
I had an email in today reminding me that October was just around the corner…. And it is. With that comes tree planing season. That said, this photo was taken last week and there is great potential for me to end on an entirely different subject-ish My idea here is just to get you thinking of [...]
{ all posts, plants } { One comment }Garden Gallery
There are many gardens I have created and designed over the last, almost 10 years now. These are just some of the images that may help in giving you and idea of just what kind of possibilities exist with your great outdoors. NB: As a by the way…. if you wish to enlarge the images [...]
{ all posts, services } { 4 comments }Moving A Tree
The weather outside for the last few months as long as I can remember now has been a disaster being quite frank. The funny thing about horticulture however is that life simply goes on. And when one misses out on a time frame of the season….. one often has to wait until the following year [...]
{ all posts, garden advice } { 0 comments }Scientists measure tree cleansing powers in city carbon emission tests
Instruments capable of measuring the ability of surrounding trees and vegetation to consume carbon dioxide emissions have been located at sites across Dublin as part of a joint research initiative led by scientists from NUI Maynooth and University College Dublin. The idea is to understand how different types of urban landscapes cope with carbon dioxide [...]
{ all posts, ireland } { 0 comments }Cycas Revoluta
The Cycas or Sago palm, cycadaceae, is a genus of about 15 species. This one, the C. revoluta is better known as the Japaneese sago palm. These are another batch of plants I spotted in the Cape Garden Centre. It is generally a very robust plant but with age it tends to begin to lean [...]
{ all posts, plants } { One comment }Garden Hygiene
I remember when I was about 14 years old I’d been given this summer project of my parents front and back garden. Lopping shears, shears and my secateurs in hand I went for it. The place had become quite overgrown. Of course when filled with plants like the Fuchsia, Forsythia, Eleagnus, Senecio, Spirea Ligustrums and the like… the types guaranteed to grow and what [...]
{ all posts, garden advice } { 0 comments }November In The Garden
It is that time of year… some say it’s bloody depressing. But I like it. I don’t know why particularly… maybe it’s that I get home [a little] earlier… maybe it’s that I get to burn the timber that I have mamaged to amalgamate over the last eight months or so… I don’t know. To [...]
{ all posts, garden advice } { 5 comments }Autumn Colour…
Can you imagine if every house in Ireland planted just one tree…. how beautiful would this country look … I really do love this time of year. Last week I was walking down Griffith Avenue and being honest it almost brought me back to my childhood days of not that long ago… I used [...]
{ all posts, ireland } { 3 comments }Coral Spot
caused by the fungus Nectria cinnabarina these almost illuminous orange pustules [about 1mm diameter] take over the surface of the bark a little almost like having the measles…. [if you know what I mean] except for plants. How they get there is quiet simple… affecting living or dead material the spores enter through damaged or [...]
{ all posts, garden advice } { 0 comments }small gardens [more] ideas
I had a root through the statistics on the web-blog recently and it seems that for the most part one of the greatest interests is in that of small gardens and getting some ideas…. With that in mind I rumaged through the archives to find some images that may help you a little better along [...]
{ all posts, design } { 0 comments }laburnum
all over Dublin at this moment in time, the Laburnum is in full flower draping over the park rails of Dublin City Centre. The yellow long draping clusters that you see are those of the often called ‘golden rain’ tree – the laburnum. Of the leguminosae [the legume or the pea family]/ papilionaceae family. The [...]
{ all posts, plants } { 0 comments }a struggling tree…?
In a garden recently, this tree caught my attention. It looks fine..? It isn’t really… somewhere in the middle of all those bare leafed branches a problem exists. The suckers were coming up from the base, being that it’s a grafted tree and they were really starting to compete with the tree. Outside of that [...]
{ all posts, garden advice } { 4 comments }m9, m7, m50, m1, mmmmmm….
I’ve been working near The Curragh recently and my journey is one that sees me up at around 6am each morning. No problemo! A big bowl of porridge, a lovely brew of fresh ground coffee and I’m on my way… I’m a happy go lucky kind of chappie. I work long hours, but then I [...]
{ all posts, ireland } { 3 comments }what tree will you plant this week…?
Today is the start of National Tree week. There are loads of events on – some are free, some will be extremely boring – some will be great for the family. Either or it is amazing the bargains that always existed in this department. Trees don’t have to grow huge. They can also be a [...]
{ all posts, garden advice } { 4 comments }plants require passports…?
it is so very true… One may wonder why but it is in fact very necessary. So that I don’t bore you to absolute tears – I’m gonna break this post up into two/ three parts. But I’ll try and keep it short and to the point. The first will give you a general gist; [...]
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