Gardening Glossary

Landscapers use flowers across their garden designs. From bedding to garden climbers, flowers are used as a visual aid to designs. Landscaping in Ireland is often viewed as tricky due to our varied weather and the reaction of flowers to our weather. We can have four seasons in one day in Ireland! A flower that is a lovely garden climber ... Read More »

Some flowers are more hardy than others. Some can survive the most driest of weather while some can survive wet and damp weather. This is the nature of flowers and how they adapt to their surroundings. One flower that stands out in most landscapers minds and for those that provide landscaping services is the Iberis Flower. Called the Candytuft, it ... Read More »

The Heliotropium, or Cherry Pie is a flower that landscapers used in Victorian times.  As a summer plant it is well used to plenty of sunshine and summer showers. It’s hayday was in the Victorian era where landscapers used it alonside other popular flower of the time like the Fuchsias and Geraniums. Where the Heliotropium runs into trouble is that ... Read More »

People who are landscape gardeners often have a deep affection for garden designs, flower and gardening processes. Landscape gardeners in Ireland use a huge variety of techniques to acheive their garden designs. These techniques can range from using paving, outdoor garden lighting, using rocks, paving stones, flowers and patios. You can come across lots of interesting flowers as a landscaper, ... Read More »

As a garden designer in Dublin there are lots of opportunities to use a huge varieties of plants and flowers in garden designs. A flower that is nice and bright and colourful for the summer months is the Hellianthus Flower. This flower can grow quite large and if you are landscaping gardens in Ireland it can look quite impressive. They ... Read More »