Join us for the Autumn Tour of Skylarks Garden in Kent, South East England. This beautiful berry-laden landscape, with its bountiful harvest of Rosa rugosa hips, includes a mix of formal and wild elements. In this wonderful garden, wildlife habitats are key, including a wildflower meadow, a giant woodpile, lots of logs, and a perfectly proportioned pond supporting newts and frogs.
Skylarks garden has been created over the last ten years by Gertie, Rex and Ellie, who transformed a former farmer’s field from arable monoculture into a diverse ecosystem for a richer, more wildlife-friendly environment, using recycled materials, will-power and muscle-power to make the garden as sustainable and hospitable as possible.
Nerine bowdenii are a colourful feature of this autumn garden.
Professional advice on the optimal planting times for Nerine dry bulbs varies from early spring to late summer. The RHS advise purchasing and planting dry bulbs in late summer, four inches apart, with the neck of the bulb above ground, in a slightly sheltered place. The RHS growing guide gives detailed information www.rhs.org.uk/plants/nerine/...
Nerine is pronounced two different ways on the RHS video (link below), and three different ways by growers and sellers in general! How do you like to pronounce Nerine?! • How to grow Nerines fo...
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0:00 Autumn Introduction
1:41 Nerine Bowdenii
2:30 Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis
3:06 Ornamental Perennial Plants
3:14 Spindle Euonymus europaeus
3:49 Phormium ‘Platt's Black’
4:18 Eucalyptus gunnii makes the cut!
4:53 Virginia Creeper & Clematis ‘Jingle Bells’
6:41 Guelder Rose Viburnum opulus
7:04 Mexican Daisy, Phormium ‘Sundowner’ & Dogwood ‘Midwinter Fire’
7:36 Variegated Sedum: Hylotelephium ‘Autumn Charm’
8:14 Mahonia ‘Soft Caress’
8:26 Best Garden Advice
8:38 Know your Soil
8:54 Know your Pond Depths
9:41 Plant on Mounds & Mulch
10:28 Berries & Apple Harvest
10:45 Malus ‘Sun Rival’
11:00 Unhappy Malus ‘John Downie’
11:52 Malus ‘Harry Baker’
12:19 Cox"s Orange Pippin Yum
12:46 Garden Delights & Chores
14:22 Ellie on the Established Garden
15:41 Woodpile & Wildlife Habitats
16:35 Logs as Wildlife Habitat
17:22 Weather Extremes & Watering
19:54 Front Garden Tour
20:50 Autumn Roses
21:19 Golden Shield Fern
22:15 Patio & Meadow
22:54 Black Elder ‘Black Lace’
24:18 Autumn Favourites
27:15 Rosa rugosa fabulous hips
28:31 Thank you & Tara-A-Bit