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House Leeks

Garden Design, Gardening, Leisure time in the garden, Planting, Summer beauty, bedding, bedding schemes, camomile, compost, dry stone walls, glaucous, gravel, grit, hardy, House Leeks, Italian Renaissance, leaves, mint, mulch, ornamental plants, pink flowers, planting schemes, pleasure gardens, pot, Sedum, Sempervivum, soil, sunshine, tarragon, violets

Houseleeks or Sempervivum (meaning live for ever) are succulent ornamental hardy plants that have been used in pleasure gardens since around the thirteenth century. Later during the Italian Renaissance these plants were adopted for use in planting schemes as a solid massed groundcover, which also included camomile, mint, tarragon and violets.

In the shade

Gardening, Planting, Spring bark chippings, blue flowers, Brunnera 'Jack Frost', compacted, compost, conifer, Cyclamen, dry shade, Euonymus, foliage, fork, Foxgloves, garage, garden, grass, hedges, horticulture, inspiration, Lamium, moisture, nettles, organic matter, plant, rake, shed, Shrubs, silvery leaves, soil, Trees, Vinca minor

Often the trickiest area in most gardens is the bit where it is shady or dry, or both. Whether shaded by trees and shrubs or buildings, garages or sheds, most people wring their hands in despair when it comes to knowing what to do with these often dark and forlorn corners of the garden. However, […]