Though the annual April showers might indicate otherwise, summer is actually just around the corner and with it, hopefully, hours of sunshine that can be wiled away in a fragrant, fully-bloomed garden. That is provided you have planted the right sorts of flowering shrubs for your garden. If you haven't, don't worry - here are some beautiful plants that you can buy which will make your outdoor spaces look wonderful...   Buddleia The typically blue conical ...

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Flowering plants that overwinter and multiply by means on fleshy stems of leaves are called bulbs. The bulbs we grow in our gardens today are native to temperate zones all over the world, the woodlands, meadows and mountains of the Mediterranean, Middle East, and North America. The Dutch have been extremely successful over the centuries in collection and hybridizing new species of bulbs and improving them for reliable garden performance. Tulips in ...

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Furniture items make our gardens look elegant and classy. They are usually made with various materials like natural stone, metal, glass, wicker, rattan, wood, cane, and many others. Since they are exposed to environmental changes, we will need to maintain them well, especially the wooden ones.     Maintenance tips for different types of garden furniture: Wicker, rattan, and fabric garden furniture: Furniture designed with these materials is generally water resistant. Such items could be ...

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One thing that we don’t always consider when buying a new home or designing and working in our garden, is how it will actually look from the vantage point of our new house. It’s well worth taking the time to consider how much time we may spend viewing it from inside our home. Clear sightlines Consider the view from your window before siting large objects in the garden that might obstruct it. ...

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Maintaining a healthy, beautiful garden can be a little annoying, especially, to those who do not enjoy much of green thumb. So, why not get a garden with artificial trees, plants, grass and silk flowers to get rid of all the worries associated with real lawns? Natural gardens ask for so much of efforts - you need to water them every morning and evening and manure and trim them every now ...

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What attracts us to hotel rooms, bed and breakfasts or even log cabins? The warm cozy feeling of outdoors or the display of beautiful indoor plants, ornate wooden furniture with coffee tables and a beautiful window with peach or lime green colored curtains? Basically, a place where we can relax and cut off from the outside world, right? Why not design this very living space at home? A garden room ...

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