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Loquat tree 🍎 fruiting abundantly in Frejus , Cote D’Azur , South of France . May 2023

30/04/2023

Cactus flowering abundantly in Frejus, Cote D’Azur , France

04/11/2022

(Berberis thunbergii) has nectar/pollen rich flowers and is known for attracting bees and birds.
It is often used as a tough barrier hedge, and provides shelter and habitat for wildlife.
For year-round interest, it has dark red-purple leaves with small yellow flowers in spring. In autumn the leaves change to a brilliant shade of red.

28/10/2022

A lovely visit this week out to our old friends and preferred suppliers Provender Nurseries in Swanley, Kent.
They supply excellent landscaping products, top quality plants, soils & composts and all related horticultural goods, and have easily one of the best selections in the south east.
Always a pleasure - lovely people and great products!

21/10/2022

Thicket Creeper ( ) growing through a tree.
Closely related to and commonly confused with Parthenocissus quinquefolia ( ), they differ in their means of climbing. The former lacks 'suckers' and doesn't climb smooth walls, only growing through shrubs and trees.

Enjoyed over the seasons by beetles, bees and birds. 🍂

14/10/2022

( lamarckii/snowy mespilus) is an early blooming tree or shrub with year round appeal.
Their fragrant white blossoms mature into bunches of tasty, dark purple berries, and in they display vibrant and hued leaves.
Tolerating a wide range of soil pH conditions and soil textures (coarse sand to silty clay) these easy-to-grow trees are a horticultural gift that keeps on giving.

A classic favourite for landscape focal points.

05/10/2022

A burst of autumn colour 🍃🍂
Saphyr Orange (commonly known as ) with its intensely glowing berries, can provide a perfect aesthetic privacy shield for gardens,
They can be red, orange or yellow; and their fruits stay until late winter, when they are eaten by and other birds, when they are no longer hard & sour due to the frost.
It is included in the list.
Here shown looking gloriously fruitful at our Newbury Park site in London.

28/09/2022

The wider joints of a wall can be planted with a considerable selection of small .
get along with very little water and soil. They're known for their rich, jewel-toned colours; are fast and easy to grow and, in fact, do best with a little neglect.

The leaves and flowers are , with a peppery flavour, so are often found in alongside broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower, where they keep pests away.

Here they're seen growing in a dry stone wall in Carraroe Co. Sligo,

21/09/2022

This week, Groundcare have been visiting Johnstown Castle in Co. Wexford, where Ireland’s leading research centre for and the is based.
The centre conducts research on soils, nutrient efficiency, recovery and losses; air and water quality; the and .

The Johnstown Castle estate covers 400 hectares with 250 hectares of , balanced by , , and .

📸: Restoration of an old in progress. Planting of and reinstatement of .