Architectural Plants Blog

POT HUNTING DOESN’T HAVE TO BE like A SEARCH FOR THE HOLY GRAIL Finding the right pot is key to any design… Formal gardens tend to incorporate matching pots with straight lines and simple details. Terracotta, although very adaptable, is usually associated with Mediterranean gardens. Some like to have a mixture of pot styles, keeping…

Plants and pots are not always a match made in heaven. This is my guide to getting started and making the best choices with my top 5 plants for pots….

We design gardens in a unique way, we don’t tend to offer drawings / sketches. It’s a fluid design process and we are very plant focused. I’m sure AI could support us in our process but in our opinion, AI reduces the organic experience that our customers enjoy. We still don’t use AI to write our content, can you tell? Does it matter? It does to me. …

You’ve been hunting for plants and you’ve got the taste of adventure? Here’s our guide to the places we visit when we aren’t tending to our Architectural Plants….

The demise of Box. We are an indomitable lot we gardeners, and once the inevitable has been recognised there are alternatives. So if you are looking for advice and guidance to help find a suitable Box replacement, read on……

Plants For New Homes: Part 3 Filling in the gaps: blobs, pillows and puffs. In part 1 we discussed some of the easy to care for plants that will bring instant high visual impact into your new garden. We’ve covered several trees and plants and shrubs that develop strong character and unique forms as they…

Plants For New Homes: Part 2 Forward Thinking With Forms: Topiary Trees Here in Part 2, we’ll talk about 5 of the must-have topiary trees which are perfect for new gardens. In Part 1 of our ‘Plants For New Homes’ guide we looked at a number of starter plants that could handle most of the…

Plants For New Homes: Part 1 Instant Impact: Dramatic, Hardy & Easy To Care For Congratulations! At last, you’re into your new home. As you pause among the unpacking to look through a window into your new garden space, the odds are you’re confronted with a blank square of new turf or a muddled landscape…

Guy’s Advice for Dying Trees Recently, there has been lots written about failing government planting schemes. I see this often on my travels, roadside planting that is uncared for, dead trees and poorly managed sites. Lots of wasted money and time spent, all to hit government environmental quotas. What do we think? We have a…

You’ve been hunting for plants and you’ve got the taste of adventure? Here’s our guide to the places we visit when we aren’t tending to our Architectural Plants….

The demise of Box. We are an indomitable lot we gardeners, and once the inevitable has been recognised there are alternatives. So if you are looking for advice and guidance to help find a suitable Box replacement, read on……