Gardening Glossary

The Linaria Flower or Toadflax is a bright flower that would look well in any Irish landscapers garden. The way to grow Toadflax is to sow it in small groups in autumn or spring at the front of the border or your garden rockery. It is a good plant for children if the seeds are sown very sparsely. No thinning ... Read More »

While some landscapers know all the Latin phrases for flowers we wouldn’t expect the hobby gardeners to know them all! There are lots and lots of Latin names for flowers and if you know all of them please take a bow! Today we are going to talk about the Stalice or Sea Lavander, in Latin called the Limonium Flower. This ... Read More »

Landscapers in Dublin and across Ireland are very familiar with the Alyssum flower. But if you want a change from the Alyssum flower you could try the Limnanthes Flower. Why? You may ask yourself. There are a couple of reasons why you might want to try the Limnanthes Flower. It is a very colourful flower that would like well in ... Read More »

If you are an Irish landscaper and you are looking for a bushy plant to provide a hedge for your garden the Lavatera or Annual Mallow could provide you with the solution. The Lavatera has a stunning pink colour and has trumpet shaped flowers that are three to four inches across. This is large enough to stand out in your ... Read More »

Every flower has some history behind it and the Lathyrus, or Sweet Pea flower is no different. Landcapers brough the original Sweet Pea came to Britain and then Ireland from the Island of Sicily in the 1600s. The Victorians popularised the flower with tall garden varieties of the flower. These varities and abundance of colour in the flower has continued ... Read More »