The ”micro-blogging” service Twitter is heading towards the mainstream as a means to connect with a network of people you trust and admire for advice, and as a source of information. It gets mentioned on the BBC, or even Fox News, but there are still plenty in the business community, or even the traditional IT and Communications communities who need [...]
Great tips from the Independent about the best edibles to grow in your windowbox.
My favourite Chanteray carrots get a mention – although parmex will also grow very happily in a windowbox…
Double windowboxes in white and green – with black gloss planterSome more classic winter window boxes in white and green – it would be hard to make anything else work with the bold black and white tiles I guess.
Over the last few days I’ve been watching a frustrated twitter stream from presenters and attendees at the Web 2.0 Expo in Berlin. Apparently there has been plenty of WiFi downtime. You would think an organization like O’Reilly, who actually own the web 2.0 brand when it comes to running conferences, would make sure that [...]
White cyclamen with trailing ivy, and buxus spheres complement the blade like leaves of phormium and a slate grey window box. White and green themed window boxes are everywhere at the moment. In a break away movement from the bright colours of summer flower box plantings, the trend for this winters windowbox is neutral whites, creams and greens…
But look how much better it looks with real plants!
Here terrazzo cube planters containing tall clipped bay cones are underplanted with the soft domes of white hydrangeas. The large leaves of the hydrangea really softens the effect and introduces and new texture into the planting scheme.
This is a planting combination that could easily be ammended for a windowbox or long planting trough.
