Rogerstone Gardens

Our new venture Light Kiln Glass has been asked to produce three pieces for a show garden for this year’s RHS Cardiff Show.  Find out more at the website here

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Here’s a nice spring planting combination.  Tulipa ‘Pink Diamond’ with Lithodora ‘Heavenly Blue’.  There ia also Juniperus ‘Blue Star’ to the left of the photo too.  Lithodora is a great plant though it needs trimming every so often to stop it getting woody.  This combination was an experiment.  We’ll be adding more Pink Diamonds this [...]

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One of our favourite spring perennials is Dicentra spectabilis commonly known as Bleeding Heart.  It thrives in a semi shady spot but can thrive in full sun as long as the soil stays moist.  It can work well either front or mid border.  The unusual flowers stand out in the garden and stay around during [...]

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One of the best things about this time of the year is that plants with scent and flowers stand out because you’re just not expecting them.  Viburnum bodnantense ‘Dawn’ is one such plant.
Easy to grow and maintain it will get up to 8 -10 foot as a multi stemmed shrub or can be kept [...]

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Slow growing and gorgeous the Magnolia stellata is a perfect specimen for a small garden.  The beautiful white flowers appear in early spring before the bright green leaves.  If you get close, you’ll be able to catch it’s scent.
Contrast it against a dark evergreen background either in a border or a large container.  It likes [...]

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