For a successful summer bedding display, don’t bring your plants out of the greenhouse until you know the frosty nights are behind you. And when you do bring them out acclimatise them in the garden before you plant them into their final positions. If you have a cold frame, use this as a halfway house for a couple of weeks.
Bring bedding plants out of the greenhouse, or other warm spot where they have been living, and stand them outside every morning in a bright, sheltered site. Move them back under cover each evening until all threat of frost has passed, when you can safely plant them out.
Lettuce is a vegetable garden staple, but it’s also a cool weather plant. What if you live in a hot climate and want to grow lettuce? You need a variety that won’t bolt as soon as the temperatures rise. You need to grow Summer Bibb lettuce plants. What is Summer Bibb Lettuce? Summer Bibb is a butterhead lettuce variety, one of many types of lettuce known for loose heads of leaves, pretty bright green colors, and a delicate texture and sweet, mild flavor. Butterhea
Although the melons we buy from supermarkets are grown in warmer climes, it is possible to grow your own in a greenhouse. Melons are closely related to cucumbers and require similar growing conditions to thrive. To grow them successfully you need to provide them with warmth, water and food. They can be quite vigorous, so regular pruning is needed to keep them under control. Each plant should produce two to four melons. Follow the steps in this easy guide to grow your own delicious crop of me
This eye catching orange-themed summer hanging basket features diascia, fuchsia and heuchera, and is easy to make. Choose a pre-moulded coir basket to make it even more simple. It doesn’t really matter which plants you use, as long as you have some to fill the centre, plus trailing plants to spill gracefully over the sides. You Will
Clear away old summer crops in early autumn and you can make space for salads and vegetables to give you pickings through winter and into spring. While it’s too late to sow most crops at this point, you can still buy young plants as plugs from specialist growers. If you don’t have a greenhouse to provide winter shelter, you can still plant the plugs in covered beds outdoors. Learn how to grow vegetable plugs for tasty pickings over winter, or at other times of the year.