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?
Cabbage white butterfly
Cabbage white caterpillars can strip a kale plant in a week. Here is the difference between the large and small white, the mesh size your netting has to have, and why the net must not touch the leaves.
Grow baby's breath
Baby's breath is the filler that holds a bouquet together, and one of the few perennials that dries and keeps its shape for years. Here is why the soil should be limy, how to sow it and when to cut.
Grow alpine strawberries
Alpine strawberries are easy to raise from seed and crop in the first year. Here is why the seed must not be covered, the difference between runnerless and running types, and how to keep the birds off.
Grow orchids
A moth orchid flowers again every year if it gets a spell of cool nights. Here is dip watering, how to read the colour of the roots and exactly where to cut the stem.
Grow bergamot orange
Bergamot is the citrus behind Earl Grey and it can be grown in a pot. Here is the winter rest at 6 to 12 degrees, why tap water turns the leaves yellow and when the fruit ripens.
Grow lights
Grow lighting comes down to three things: intensity, distance and hours. Here are the numbers for seedlings, herbs and houseplants, plus what a whole sowing season costs in electricity.
Grow snake plant
A snake plant survives almost anything except too much water. Here are watering intervals for summer and winter, how to propagate without losing the yellow edge, and what applies if you have a cat.
Grow Japanese maple
A Japanese maple is worth the trouble if it gets the right spot. Here is why the leaf edges turn brown, when you are allowed to prune and which cultivars suit which light.
Grow sweet potatoes
Sweet potato is not a potato but a climber grown from slips. Here is how to take your own slips in a glass of water, give the plants the heat they need and cure the tubers so they turn sweet.
Grow juniper
Juniper is one of the toughest evergreens there is and copes with poor soil, salt wind and hard frost. Here is how to choose a form, plant, prune and harvest the berries.
Grow masterwort
Masterwort flowers in partial shade where much else gives up, draws pollinators and lasts over a week in a vase. Here is how to sow, plant and care for it.
Grow Gooseberries
The gooseberry bush is self-fertile, tough and crops in July and August. Here is how to choose the spot and the variety, plant it, prune it and keep mildew away.
Damson Plum
Bullace is a tough fruit tree that flowers early and gives small, aromatic fruits. Here's how to choose the spot, plant and prune it, as a tree or a bush.
Palm in a Pot
A palm brings an instantly calm, exotic feel to a room. Here's how to position, water and repot it, and bring it inside in good time in autumn.
Peace Lily
The peace lily tells you when it needs water and will happily flower several times a year. Here's how to position, water and repot it.
ZZ Plant - Zanzibar Gem
The ZZ plant is tough, forgiving and copes even when you forget about it. Here are the basics: light, watering, compost and repotting.