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 wormwood
Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) is a perennial herb with silvery grey, deeply lobed leaves and small yellow flowers. It has a strong aromatic scent and a bitter taste that has made...
Grow hops
Hops (Humulus lupulus) is a perennial climbing plant that combines beauty and usefulness in the garden. It grows extremely fast – in spring, new shoots can grow decimetres per day...
Growing panicle hydrangea
Panicle hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata) is a flowering shrub that brightens the late-summer garden with magnificent, cone-shaped flower panicles. The creamy white flowers often shift to pink and reddish tones towards...
Growing cranberries
Cranberries are an exciting and healthy berry to grow in the garden. Although they grow wild on bogs in almost all of Sweden, cranberries are uncommon in our gardens –...
Planting & growing elderberries
Elder (Sambucus nigra) is a beloved elder shrub in Swedish gardens. It offers delightfully fragrant flowers in early summer and dark berries in late summer. Many people recognise the scent of...
Grow Västerås Cucumber
Västerås cucumber – a classic Swedish pickling cucumber Västerås cucumber is a traditional Swedish cucumber variety primarily grown for pickling, but it is just as delicious eaten fresh. It produces...
Grow Yarrow
Yarrow – an easy-to-grow perennial for borders, meadows and pots Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is a hardy, long-flowering and very easy-to-grow perennial, perfectly suited to UK and Nordic gardens. It blooms...
Hibiscus
Garden hibiscus (Hibiscus syriacus) is an exotically beautiful flowering shrub that can actually thrive outdoors even in Sweden. Many people recognise hibiscus as a tropical houseplant grown indoors, but the...
Golden Pothos
Golden Pothos (Epipremnum aureum) is a popular and easy-care houseplant with trailing vines and beautiful heart-shaped leaves. In nature, it grows as a climbing liana high up in trees. Indoors,...
Ivy
Ivy (Hedera helix) is a beloved climbing plant that adorns many gardens with its twining shoots and beautiful, evergreen leaves. It is popular for its hardiness and versatility – ivy...
Honeysuckle
Honeysuckle – a fragrant climbing plant for the garden Honeysuckle is a classic climbing plant that brings lush greenery and a wonderful fragrance to the garden. It twines elegantly up...
The land flatworm Obama nungara
Introduction: The land flatworm Obama nungara is a terrestrial flatworm that was recently (2024) discovered in Sweden. It originally comes from South America and is considered an invasive alien species...
Growing Lingonberries
What are lingonberries? Lingonberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) are a low, evergreen, berry-bearing shrublet that grows wild in Swedish forests. In early summer it produces small white or pink, urn-shaped flowers, and...
Growing Jalapeño
What is a jalapeño? A jalapeño is a type of chilli pepper that originates from Mexico. It is a medium-heat chilli known for its great flavour and relatively mild spiciness....
Honeyberry
What is Honeyberry (Blue Honeysuckle)? Imagine a berry bush that produces a harvest even before strawberries have had time to ripen – sounds wonderful, doesn’t it? Honeyberry, also known as...
Magnolie anbauen
Magnolie anbauen – Frühlingsblüte mit großen Blüten Die Magnolie ist ein im Frühling blühender Baum oder Strauch, der mit seinen großen, schalen- oder sternförmigen Blüten an kahlen Zweigen eine ganz...