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thanks to Louisa Malone of Louisa Malone Landscape
Designs for these tips. Louisa is one of the
UK's top garden designers - with a wealth of
experience in creating original garden designs,
many of which feature Conservatories and Summerhouses.
Louisa can be contacted on 0791 909 4058 and
accepts commissions nationally. Her website
is: http://www.city-gardens.net.
Louisa is also one of our Team in the "Ask
an Expert" section. If you have any specific garden design
or conservatory planting questions please submit your question there.
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TEN TIPS FOR
CONSERVATORY PLANTINGS
1. Take
full advantage of all the available space and
grow plants at different levels; in raised
and ground level soil beds, pots on the floor,
windowsills and shelves and hanging baskets.
2. Incorporate soil beds at the initial
planning stage of the conservatory. Allow 4 weeks
after preparing the bed to allow time for the soil
to settle. Plant with the largest plants that you
plan to grow.
3. Large tropical and subtropical plants
and climbers can be trained onto wires to cover
walls and ceilings.
4. Choose scented plants, such as Jasminum
polyanthum. It is lovely to open the door and
smell the wonderful fragrance provided by scented
flowers.
5. Find your favourite Mediterranean plants.
Bougainvillaea and Plumbago both grow wonderfully
in conservatories, covering a large area with their
wonderful blossom.
6. Extend the season. When the conservatory
is cooler, fill with a wonderful display of spring
bulbs - narcissi, hyacinths, and cyclamen. Choose
fragrant narcissi, like Paper-white.
7. Bring in containers from the garden
during the winter months to provide shelter and
extend the indoor display. Patio plants will
continue to flower if given food and warmth.
8. Repeat some elements of the planting
in your conservatory with the plants you grow
outside. Remember that your conservatory wall
will provide a microclimate outside too, allowing
you to grow tender plants up the outside. Grow
similar varieties, indoors and out, to provide
a link to the garden. In the milder counties
choose callistemon, the bottle brush plant.
9. Small peach trees can be grown in pots indoors. You can
move them onto the terrace during the summer months, but bring indoors
during the cold weather. The added protection will reward you with
early succulent peaches.
10. Keep plants well watered. One good soak each week is much
better than small amounts of water every day. Occasionally move outside
and hose down to keep larger leafed plants dust-free. Remove dead
leaves and flowers and only repot plants that are bursting out of
their containers. Feed regularly with tomato feed during the flowering
months.
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Our
thanks to Louisa Malone of Louisa Malone Landscape
Designs for these tips. Louisa is one of the
UK's top garden designers - with a wealth of
experience in creating original garden designs,
many of which feature Conservatories and Summerhouses.
Louisa can be contacted on 0791 909 4058 and
accepts commissions nationally. Her website
is: 
