Paraic’s Plant Of The Month: January 2019

The Camellia Japonica, sometimes called the Rose of Winter, is the January plant of the month. It has beautiful rose-like blooms which emerge slowly from January to May each year. It is a beautiful evergreen shrub that grows into a small tree. The Camellia prefers dappled light, including that found under …

Paraic’s Plant Of The Month: November 2018

The November plant of the month is the Betula Jacquemontii, also known as the West Himalayan Birch tree. The Betula Jacquemontii, as the name suggests, is a birch tree native to the Himalayas. It looks amazing at any time of the year but especially during the winter period as it offers stunning colour from …

Paraic’s Plant Of The Month: October 2018

The October plant of the month is the Sansevieria (also known as the snake plant, snake tongue, devil’s tongue, viper’s bow string hemp and mother-in-law’s tongue). It is a member of the Asparagaceae family and is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants, native to Africa, Madagascar and southern Asia. How …

Paraic’s Plant Of The Month: August 2018

The August plant of the month is the wedding cake tree, which is also known as the cornus controversa variegata. The wedding cake tree is a small deciduous tree with beautifully layered horizontal branches. The stems and branch’s are red. This contrasts beautifully with its white, variegated foliage in spring, …

Paraic’s Plant Of The Month: July 2018

The July plant of the month is the climbing rose. Climbing roses are absolutely stunning at this time of year in all gardens, and they are so easy to grow. Large, double scented blooms on strong, vigorous stems make climbing roses one of the the most popular, flowering climbers. Climbing roses …