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Wednesday 1st September 2010
September Tree of the Month
Common name: Mountain Ash
A broadly conical small to medium sized tree. Clusters of white flowers in late spring are followed by...
Thursday 29th April 2010
We've just added a CLICKABLE •Map of Ireland• to the website, where you can click on a county and find the nearest Landscaper available. For some counties we've got more than one Landscaper. Please note...
Monday 5th October 2009
October Tree of the Month
Common name: Bottlebrush tree
Latin name: Callistemon Citrinus "Splendens"
This is an evergreen tree which will grow outdoors in milder areas in Ireland. It flowers usually in the months...
Thursday 1st October 2009
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We have selected a number of October flowering herbaceous plants that can be used for either borders or for under planting a large tree. These plants flower annually, though some like the Nepeta six...
Friday 1st May 2009
The Davinci House

Living the Dream... 10 years ago, our company founder (Tom Walsh) had a dream. After numerous visits to see a "Davinci House" in Frankfurt, Berlin and Wuppertal in Germany, like a child...

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We have selected a number of October flowering herbaceous plants that can be used for either borders or for under planting a large tree. These plants flower annually, though some like the Nepeta six hills giant (catmint) are best cut back at the end of the summer. Trees can be under planted by herbaceous plants to give you a show of colour- shade tolerant plants like persicaria, astillbe and hemerocallis are particularly effective. The advantages herbaceous plants have over bedding plants is that they come back every year and are hardier.

Campanula white clips

Excellent for planting en masse as a groundcover, where it can bask in the sun and come back every year a little fuller and happier.

Nepeta six hills giant (cat mint)

The longest flowering of the catmints. The plants are broad and vigorous and the colour of the flower is a deep violet blue.

Astillbe fanal (red) / Astillbe Gladstone (white)

Astillbe adds grace to a border or as in this image. Lush, deeply cut foliage is attractive for the entire season and is green to bronze in colour.

Asthemis e.c Buxton

Free flowering, provides an abundance of yellow daisies all summer - ideal for tubs or bouquets.

Persicaria darjeeling red

Low maintenance plants popular for both their foliage and flowers. Blooms June until October and was a particularly popular plant at our Big Trees stand at Bloom `09