Gardening School
Articles with tips, advice, and lots of inspiration in gardening
Here we share tips, advice, and inspiration about cultivation from all the experience we have at Florea and our ambassadors. When it comes to cultivation, you never really stop learning, it’s always a fantastic journey for new experiences. One year, spring comes early, the next it arrives late, the third year there are extra many killer slugs, and the fourth year we get no rain. What we’re saying is that no year is the same as the other, and growing zones don’t have to be set in stone.
Our motto is that a seed always wants to sprout and it’s okay if you fail. Even the most experienced do not always succeed with their cultivation, and that’s how it will always be. Sometimes, it’s not the result that’s most important, but the journey there. Welcome to read our articles to get tips, advice, and also be inspired about what new things you should try this year?
Grow Arugula
Arugula Peppery delicacy Arugula is a fast-growing and easy-to-maintain leafy vegetable that has become a staple in gardens and kitchens. The leaves have a slightly peppery flavor that adds a...
Grow Sea Lavender
Sea Lavender Colourful cut flower and evergreen Despite its name, the sea lavender comes in colours other than blue - purple, pink, white, yellow and apricot. The small flowers grow...
Grow Pak Choi
Pak Choi Grows fast and tastes yummy Pak choi is a very tasty leafy vegetable that grows incredibly quickly. It's a hardy cabbage plant that can withstand a lot of...
Grow Nasturtium
Nasturtium Colourful flowers with a peppery taste An easy-to-grow, abundantly flowering plant that is also edible, nasturtium brightens up both the garden and summer salads with its bright colours. Nasturtium...
Grow Summer rudbeckia
Summer rudbeckia Stylish large flowers Summer rudbeckia has magnificent flowers that are a real eye-catcher in bouquets and beds. The flowers' warm shades of yellow, golden brown and orange are...
Grow Thyme
Thyme Fragrant perennial herb The savoury taste of thyme has made it a classic in the kitchen. It is an easy-to-grow herb with evergreen foliage and bright purple flowers. On...
Grow Danish Chervil
Danish chervil Danish chervil has decorative foliage in light green tones. With its mild, fresh flavour, Danish chervil is very useful in cooking. Also known as garden chervil. Escape the...
Grow Summer Mallow
Summer mallow, poplar rose Summer mallow is an easy-care summer delight with bell-shaped flowers in pink. light red and white. Summer mallow is beautiful and durable both in a bed...
Grow Luffa Cucumber
Luffa cucumber Luffa cucumber is undoubtedly one of the most fun plants in the garden. Although it is both edible and decorative, the luffa cucumber is mainly grown for its...
Grow Fennel
Fennel Fennel is a delicious and easy-to-grow vegetable. Both the tuber and the stalks are crispy with a liquorice flavour - a real delicacy in the kitchen. Fortunately, the deer...
Grow Tatsoi
Tatsoi - a cold weather hero Tatsoi is a fast-growing cabbage plant with a beautiful glossy leaf rosette. It is fantastically cold-resistant and takes pride of place in the country...
Direct Sowing
Easiest way to sow flowers & vegetables Sowing seeds outdoors in the place where they will grow is extremely convenient. It saves space on the windowsill for the plants that...
Grow Your Own Food
Grow your own food Why growing edibles is worth it Home-grown food is good for both health and mood. Freshly picked vegetables have an aroma, a crispness and a sweetness...
Cultivate Soil types
Soil types Our precious topsoil is a small ecosystem. It contains: minerals - particles of clay, sand and gravel mulch - decomposed organic matter voids - important for transporting oxygen...
Grow Create a butterfly garden
Create a butterfly garden Color and flower scent Lemon butterfly, blue wing, admiral. There's something magical about the fluttering jewels of summer. A butterfly garden filled with fragrance and color...
Grow No dig method
No dig Farming without digging In trenchless farming - known as 'no dig' - the shovel is set aside. Instead, the weeding is done by the soil microlife.How does no...