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By Scarlett Bill
Every gardener's ambition should be to introduce plants that provide something of interest in the garden every day of the year. If you have sufficient space, it is possible to have a plant flowering every day of the year, and although this might be desirable, flowers are not the only, nor even the main, attraction of many plants.
Different soil types will also provide the plant with different levels of nutrition. and the different conditions will influence growth rates and the overall size of the plant. Poor, impoverished soils will reduce growth levels and overall performance. The soil may be of a kind that physically restricts root development - if Agapanthus are grown on heavy clay soils, for example, their thick, fleshy roots will not be able to develop to the full. Adding large amounts of organic material to the soil can help overcome this problem and aid the roots in their development.
A bold carpet planting or a plant that tumbles down a bank or wall can be pretty whether in flower or not, and even the twining effect of a climbing plant like wisteria as it makes its way skywards to cover even greater areas can be spectacular. Winter flowers are always a delight, of course, but winter stems and the effect of winter sunlight can be as startling and attractive as any summer flowers. Management by pruning is required to produce the best stems, but it is worth the effort.
The alkalinity and acidity of the soil may enhance or depress growth rates if the individual plants are like rhododendrons and azaleas, which require a specific soil - in their case, an acid soil. If they are planted on an alkaline soil, they will often grow and struggle for a number of years, but in the end they will never reach their expected potential and may even die.
Weather conditions will provide more or less moisture in the form of rain, which in turn will increase or restrict growth levels. Cold, wet springs will result in the late growth of a plant. Wind and snow may physically damage the structure, and snow must be removed, especially from conifers, if at all possible. Persistent wind from one direction may, notably in coastal areas, distort the overall shape and therefore the size. Cultivation, most particularly poor planting preparation, may slow down the rate of development, often to the point of eventually killing a plant.
As summer passes, flowers bethi signs of interesting and attract seeds. Autumn is more unpredi sunshine highlights unexpecte, increasingly bare stems and shrubs and trees reveal their an are still a few flowers. mostly blit winter approaches.
Different soil types will also provide the plant with different levels of nutrition. and the different conditions will influence growth rates and the overall size of the plant. Poor, impoverished soils will reduce growth levels and overall performance. The soil may be of a kind that physically restricts root development - if Agapanthus are grown on heavy clay soils, for example, their thick, fleshy roots will not be able to develop to the full. Adding large amounts of organic material to the soil can help overcome this problem and aid the roots in their development.
A bold carpet planting or a plant that tumbles down a bank or wall can be pretty whether in flower or not, and even the twining effect of a climbing plant like wisteria as it makes its way skywards to cover even greater areas can be spectacular. Winter flowers are always a delight, of course, but winter stems and the effect of winter sunlight can be as startling and attractive as any summer flowers. Management by pruning is required to produce the best stems, but it is worth the effort.
The alkalinity and acidity of the soil may enhance or depress growth rates if the individual plants are like rhododendrons and azaleas, which require a specific soil - in their case, an acid soil. If they are planted on an alkaline soil, they will often grow and struggle for a number of years, but in the end they will never reach their expected potential and may even die.
Weather conditions will provide more or less moisture in the form of rain, which in turn will increase or restrict growth levels. Cold, wet springs will result in the late growth of a plant. Wind and snow may physically damage the structure, and snow must be removed, especially from conifers, if at all possible. Persistent wind from one direction may, notably in coastal areas, distort the overall shape and therefore the size. Cultivation, most particularly poor planting preparation, may slow down the rate of development, often to the point of eventually killing a plant.
As summer passes, flowers bethi signs of interesting and attract seeds. Autumn is more unpredi sunshine highlights unexpecte, increasingly bare stems and shrubs and trees reveal their an are still a few flowers. mostly blit winter approaches.
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