{"id":22187,"date":"2016-08-07T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2016-08-07T05:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardens-lilies-to-the-rescue\/"},"modified":"2016-08-07T12:03:44","modified_gmt":"2016-08-07T05:03:44","slug":"gardens-lilies-to-the-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardens-lilies-to-the-rescue\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardens: lilies to the rescue"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOne simple trick will give you glorious colour right into autumnI know you\u2019re going to hate me for saying it, but we are now sliding into the last few weeks of summer. Despite the continuing warmth and good light levels, after the riotous floral displays of June and July many gardens can start a slow decline as plants concentrate their efforts on ripening seeds instead of kicking out new flowers. However, there is one simple trick you can try right now to draw out the colour of summer up until the start of autumn. You do it by cheating Mother Nature into offering up one of my favourite flowers out of season: lilies.If you have a sunny spot in your garden that is starting to look a bit tired, hunt down cold-stored lily bulbs online \u2013 there are a few excellent specialist UK nurseries that stock them. Having been kept in the suspended animation of refrigerated conditions to mimic an extended winter, these bulbs will sprout in a matter of days with the warm conditions of high summer accelerating their development, giving you a stunning crop of flowers in record time. Capable of flowering right up until the first frosts, they will give you months of extra colour and incredible scent, long after the other lilies in your garden have gone over. Unfortunately, this cheat only works once, as next year the same bulbs will be in sync with the rest, but there are few plants that put on such an amazing, reliable display. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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