Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Amateur Gardening

    The beauty of biennials

    Aug 24, 2021 4 minutes

    BIENNIALS are flowering plants that take two years to complete their life cycle. They produce foliage in their first year and then flower in their second, before setting seed and dying. So, enjoying the colourful spires of foxgloves, the architectural globes of angelica and the almond scent of wallflowers on the air means being organised. They must be sown or planted in 2021 in order to produce flowers in 2022.

    Some biennials can still be grown from seed at this time of year, but most are best purchased as ready-grown seedlings or plants to put in the ground now or

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Amateur Gardening

    Amateur Gardening2 min read
    Simply Divine Dahlias
    Your plant recommendations from expert plantsman, Michael. Hello team, it’s a big moment for nostalgia this week as we talk dahlias! I have such fond memories of my grandparents’ garden, with beautiful tall dahlia plants topped with all the flower ty
    Amateur Gardening5 min read
    Cannier Composting
    The most sustainable compost is homemade, so starting a compost heap is an extremely positive thing to do. It provides us with superb, nutrient-rich organic matter that’s full of beneficial microbes to enrich our soils. Assembling a compost heap with
    Amateur Gardening4 min read
    Radiant Runners, Dandelion Delights And Slow Worms
    The countryside here on the border between East Devon and West Dorset is full of yellow, from fields of oil seed rape, fluttering brimstone butterflies and if I’m lucky to spot them, yellowhammers. There’s plenty of yellow in the garden too, from dan

    Related