plant - LJN Blog Posts - Landscape Juice Network2024-03-29T14:08:54Zhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/plantNew Complete gardens Interactive UK plant finder, identification and pruning guide websitehttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/new-complete-gardens2013-11-05T08:30:00.000Z2013-11-05T08:30:00.000ZNeil Bromhallhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/NeilBromhall<div><p>I've made live an interactive plant finder, identification and pruning guide website which is still growing.</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.rightplants4me.co.uk">www.rightplants4me.co.uk</a></p><p>The website is designed to help you find the right plants to suite every aspect of a garden and seasonal need.</p><p>You simply select any combination of:- Name, colour, month(s), aspect, height.</p><p>Images of the best plants to suit your requirements are displayed.</p><p>Each plant is accompanied with its own description plus plant care and pruning advice.</p><p> </p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.rightplants4me.co.uk/admin/searchDatabase.php" target="_blank">The site is free to search for plants</a>.</p><p>3,800+ plants and we're adding more daily</p><p>Over 10,500 photographs</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.rightplants4me.co.uk/admin/displayPlant.php?PlantID=1574" target="_blank">Time-lapse sequences accompany some plants</a></p><p> </p><p>The site is 'Work in Progress' so there will be some glitches which we're ironing out and I'm adding more functions like identifying plants from the RHS plant identification syllabus.</p><p>We will be adding the ability to make plant lists and add printable notes.</p><p>I hope you find the site useful yet please let me know your feedback and any obvious errors that I can correct immediately.</p><p>I hope users will send requests for plants to be added so the database becomes more comprehensive and images to be added to the database.</p><p>The plants covered range from grasses to trees.</p><p>I hope you find the site useful.</p><p>Best wishes</p><p>Neil</p><p> </p><p> </p></div>How bright can we make plants glow?https://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/how-bright-can-we-make-plants-glow2013-05-09T15:52:26.000Z2013-05-09T15:52:26.000ZLandscape Juicehttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/LandscapeJuice<div><p>The benchmark for bioluminescense has been set by the 2010 iGem team from the University of Cambridge. Look how bright they were able to make their bacteria glow - even reading by the light:`</p>
<p><a href="http://media.tumblr.com/8dfb3517253ab83291d02fe6099870e5/tumblr_inline_mm3ot2KBre1qz4rgp.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/8dfb3517253ab83291d02fe6099870e5/tumblr_inline_mm3ot2KBre1qz4rgp.jpg" class="align-center" /></a></p>
<p>You can read more about their project here: <a href="http://2010.igem.org/Team:Cambridge">http://2010.igem.org/Team:Cambridge</a></p>
<p>We see no theoretical reason why we can’t get plants to glow as well as this in time. As George Church, Head of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, say’s in the video we shared yesterday ”to me it is paradoxical that we don’t have glowing fireflies and glowing everything that glows brighter than a flashlight. Biology is very energy efficient and energy packets are more dense than batteries”</p>
<p>So here’s the science behind how to plan to make a plant which glows more than the SUNY researcher’s plant. There are four key activities we will work on:</p>
<p>1. Codon optimization: There are 64 different codons (61 codons encoding for amino acids plus 3 stop codons) but only 20 different translated amino acids. The overabundance in the number of codons allows many amino acids to be encoded by more than one codon. Different creatures, eg bacteria vs plants, use different codons in different frequencies to code for the same proteins. One of our first goals will therefore be to adjust the bacterial designs to match the codon structure of a plant - this will boost the production of the proteins we want the plant to express.</p>
<p>2. Promoter selection: When a plant is reading the DNA it uses promoters to decide when to produce a protein. This is the mechanism by which a root cell knows to produce different proteins than a petal. Some promoters are active only at night, some respond to external stimulae and some respond to different aged plants. There’s even one which responds when a plant is cut meaning you could cut a leaf and have the plant glow along the incision, pretty cool! We have a long list of promoters to try and will try them in different combinations (eg should we make luciferin all the time and luciferase only at night… or both only at night?)</p>
<p>3. Metabolic engineering: What is the bottleneck of light production? Is it one of the enzymes that makes luciferin? Is it luciferase? Is it oxygen? Is it recycling of luciferin? Once we have a first glowing plant we will do experiments (eg manually add luciferin) to analyse which factors make the plant glow more, then we can boost that bottleneck to increase the overall reaction.</p>
<p>4. Gene copy numbers: Copy-number variations - a form of structural variation - are alterations of the DNA of a genome that results in the cell having an abnormal number of copies of one or more sections of the DNA. CNVs correspond to relatively large regions of the genome that have been deleted (fewer than the normal number) or duplicated (more than the normal number) on certain chromosomes. By experimenting with different copy numbers we can find a combination which optimizes the light production.</p>
<p>Source:<a href="http://glowingplant.com/">http://glowingplant.com/</a></p>
</div>How the daffodil got its 'trumpet'https://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/how-the-daffodil-got-its-trumpet2013-04-18T06:38:46.000Z2013-04-18T06:38:46.000ZLandscape Juicehttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/LandscapeJuice<div><p>The daffodil is one of the few plants with a 'corona', a crown-like structure also referred to as the 'trumpet'. New research suggests that the corona is not an extension of the petals as previously thought, but is a distinct organ sharing more genetic identity with stamens, the pollen-producing reproductive organs.</p>
<p>The origin of the corona has long been a subject of debate in botany, and in the 1930s botanist Agnes Arber claimed that it was an extension from the petals. With its colourful petal-like appearance, it's easy to see why this was believed for so long. Yet by studying the corona's development and genetic information, this new study has shown that it is in fact related to stamens.</p>
<p>Dr Robert Scotland of the University of Oxford led the research, and was supported by colleagues at Harvard University, the United States Department of Agriculture and the University of Western Australia. The researchers were funded by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation and the United States National Science Foundation. The study is published online in The Plant Journal.</p>
<p>By studying the development of daffodil flowers, the researchers found that the corona only begins to form after the other parts of the flower are fully established. 'This shows that the corona could not be a straightforward modification of either petals or stamens,' explains Dr Scotland, 'Since it develops independently of both, it is more accurately described as a separate organ.'</p>
<p>The different parts of daffodil flowers are located on a small cup-like platform termed the 'hypanthium'.</p>
<p>The researchers analysed genetic activity in all parts of the daffodil flower, and found that daffodil coronas were genetically similar to the stamens and hypanthium, but not the petals.</p>
<p>'We found that the corona develops from the hypanthium, and is not simply an extension of the petals or stamens,' says Dr Scotland, 'The corona is an independent organ, sharing more genetic identity with stamens, and which develops after the other organs are fully established.'</p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://www.plants.ox.ac.uk/plants/(A(2ds6MUmdywEkAAAANjYzMjExODgtMDY1Zi00MGU5LTg0ZjUtYTNlMzQ3OTcyMDE5MqTb7fwLUfoJJPLIHMT5pM9kc8Q1))/news.aspx" target="_blank">Department of plant sciences Oxford</a></p>
</div>New web service helps nurseries sell more plants to gardenershttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/new-web-service-helps-nurseries-sell-more-plants-to-gardeners2013-03-05T13:20:45.000Z2013-03-05T13:20:45.000ZLandscape Juicehttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/LandscapeJuice<div><p>GreenPlantSwap is a new online marketplace for nurseries. It is the first location-based online marketplace for nurseries and gardeners.</p>
<p>Nurseries and growers create their own self-serve web pages and list the plants they sell in the Plant A-Z. This provides nurseries with the opportunity to list their stock with ease and reach a much wider community of gardeners in their local area and nationwide.</p>
<p>GreenPlantSwap is built a round a central database of more than 21,000 detailed plant species and varieties, with an availability map for each plant.</p>
<p>Gardeners can also sign up for membership to swap and sell plants grown at home. GreenPlantSwap will attract gardeners in volume to help them find the plants they really want for their gardens. This provides an excellent plant-keen audience for member nurseries to sell to.</p>
<p>GreenPlantSwap overcomes the challenges many nurseries face in building their own website, listings their plants and trying to attract customers.</p>
<p>No technical ability is needed to create a nursery page or list plants. You simply sign up, create your nursery profile and list plants once, archive listings when stock runs out and activate again when more become available.</p>
<p>As one nursery member put it: “It’s a no brainer. We’ll close our own website, save money and yet reach many more gardeners online.”</p>
<p>GreenPlantSwap is an annual membership service. As a special introductory offer, nurseries can join for £1 and get 3 months’ trial membership. Unlike other online services, there are no other fees or sales commission. Once gardeners find the plants<br />
they want, they buy direct from the nurseries.</p>
<p>GreenPlantSwap - <a href="http://www.greenplantswap.co.uk">www.greenplantswap.co.uk</a> - is the first location-based garden<br />
plant marketplace. Built around a database of more than 21,000 detailed plant<br />
species and varieties, with an availability map for each one, the service is designed to<br />
make it far simpler for nurseries to list and sell plants using the power of the web.</p>
<p>For further information, contact Amanda Clow on 01225 290205, 07540 855746 or e-mail amanda@greenplantswap.co.uk</p>
</div>Supplying plants after extreme weatherhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/supplying-plants-after-extreme2013-02-26T15:05:54.000Z2013-02-26T15:05:54.000ZJohn Inghamhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/JohnIngham<div><p>We sell large trees and hedges throughout the year but I have to face the fact that there are problems buying and selling in extreme weather like we have at present. There are obvious difficulties with transport but more subtle, long term problems with hardiness and survival of the more tender species. Last winter, which was tough for many people here in the UK, was even more extreme in parts of mainland Europe including countries where many of our plants are grown. How can we be sure that normally hardy plants which we buy and sell at this time of year will thrive. Basically I'm not sure we can and replacement of failed specimens appears to be the only answer.</p><div>Last year parts of the Netherlands had more extreme weather than we had in the UK with temperatures falling much lower. One result was that some evergreens such as laurels, bought widely for hedging and screening, appeared fine when delivered in early spring but several of them dropped their leaves soon after and appeared completely dead.</div><div>Customers buying these needed them replaced and we, and the nurseries who supplied them, were happy to arrange this. Of course we had to be satisfied the plant deaths were not the result of poor planting and aftercare. The landscapers who bought and planted these explained to their customers that they were bought in good faith and that it is not always possible to be sure from the appearance of plants bought after extreme weather that they are still thriving. Buying deciduous plants can also be difficult as trees and shrubs bought and planted in the winter may not show any obvious signs of death or distress until they fail to thrive in the spring.</div><div>I would be interested, as a plant supplier, to hear whether, and how, landscapers have coped with these problems after previous extreme weather.</div><div>John Ingham IMPACT PLANTS </div></div>Decorative Garden Accessorieshttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/decorative_garden_accessories2012-12-05T22:00:00.000Z2012-12-05T22:00:00.000ZRobin Bishophttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/Decorative_Garden_Accessories<div><p></p><p> <a href="http://www.decorativegardenaccessories.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/recycling.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.decorativegardenaccessories.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/recycling.jpg?width=70" width="70" class="align-left"/></a><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314720996?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314720996?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="412" class="align-right" height="309"/></a></p><h1>About Us</h1><div id="attachment_1197" class="wp-caption alignright"><p class="wp-caption-text">Recycled Products</p></div><p>At<strong> Decorative Garden Accessories</strong> our focus is to design and produce functional products for the home and garden, without having to compromise on style. From planters to plant pots– we are passionate about making products that will last for years, and earn you plenty of compliments from your friends too!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Our aim is not to follow a throw-away society but instead to sell attractive, everyday useful items that are made to a high quality that will stand the test of time. You will not find any plastic at Decorative Garden Accessories unless it is recycled- we strive to make our products using responsibly sourced materials, from the UK. We aim to create a brand that customers will keep returning to. Furthermore, we wish to give our customers an excellent service and standards that they have come to expect.</p><p></p><p></p><p>We reduce our environment impact by using <strong>recycled</strong> materials.</p><p>Our new home & garden accessories are not available at garden centres or the high street.</p><p></p><p>If you have a questions</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://info@decorativegardenaccessories.co.uk" target="_blank">Email</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.decorativegardenaccessories.co.uk" target="_blank">Online Shop</a></p><p></p><p>Or 08715 250 039.</p><p>If we are unable to answer the phone please do not be put off by the answer phone.</p><p>We regularly check the phone and emails throughout the day.</p><p>We aim to return all queries within 24 hours if not sooner.</p></div>"QR codes" on Labels mean Pages of Plant Info for Potential Purchasershttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/qr-codes-on-labels-mean-pages-of-plant-info-for-potential2012-09-03T08:00:00.000Z2012-09-03T08:00:00.000ZTerri Joneshttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/TerriJones<div><p>Almost all modern phones have a camera, and an app for scanning QR codes.<br/> <br/> Now, by using QR codes supplied by Joy of Plants, your labels can allow would-be purchasers to see a webpage of complete details for each plant variety - making it so much more likely they'll find the right plant and buy it.</p><p>Joy of Plants launched its “Plant Info” QR codes at the Four Oaks trade show this week with Atkiro Ltd, a well-known grower and wholesale nursery from Yorkshire.</p><p>The Joy of Plants QR codes:</p><p>* Are available for over 7,500 plant varieties and give access to world-class plant information that is maintained and delivered by Joy of Plants</p><p>* Can be used on any kind of plant label, provided by any label manufacturer, as there are no restrictions on use </p><p>* Are “ready to use” and tested, pre-sized and formatted for label printers</p><p>* Lead to pages that are quick to download and easy to use on a smartphone</p><p>* Are supplied free of charge for anyone to use</p><p>Find out more from 3rd September 2012 at: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.joyofplants.com/qrcodes.php">www.joyofplants.com/qrcodes.php</a></p><p>Gardeners can also buy the Joy of Plants iPhone app from the Apple AppStore to access the same information about 7,500 plants wherever they need it.</p><p>Garden Centres and Nurseries can license the Joy of Plants Plant Finder for their websites to deliver the same information as the Plant Info pages. See <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.longacres.co.uk">www.longacres.co.uk</a> and click Plant Finder to see the Plant Finder in action.</p><h2>Notes</h2><p><b>Joy of Plants</b> is based in Twyford, Berkshire. It’s led by Terri Jones and Susan A Tindall. Their development team includes Zenobyte Ltd, Slash Design Ltd and Pete Borlace Design Solutions, specialists in design and development for web and mobile devices.</p><p>For more information about the Joy of Plants QR codes, Plant Finder and Joy of Plants app and the team who created them see: <br/> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.joyofplants.com">www.joyofplants.com</a> <br/> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.facebook.com/joyofplants">http://www.facebook.com/joyofplants</a> <br/> Follow us on Twitter @JoyofPlants</p><p>Joy of Plants is a member of the Horticultural Trades Association in the UK.</p><p><b>Atkiro Ltd</b> is a grower and wholesaler of nursery stock based in the heart of Yorkshire. Well-known for their brands "Starter Garden Plants", "Gardening with Colour", "Four Seasons Planted Containers" and "Patio Harvest", they constantly seek out new innovations to help their customers sell plants and build profits with minimal effort. For more information on their product range, see <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.atkiro.co.uk">www.atkiro.co.uk</a>, or scan this QR code:</p><p>"<i>We don't just grow plants - we help you sell them."</i></p><p>Atkiro Ltd is a member of the Horticultural Trades Association.</p></div>Grasses Move Into The Spotlighthttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/grasses-move-into-the-spotlight2012-08-26T20:00:00.000Z2012-08-26T20:00:00.000ZElspeth Briscoehttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/ElspethBriscoe<div><p>"The cold wet summer experienced in Western Europe this year doesn’t seem to have held back the flowering of the ornamental grasses in my garden. From now on until the end of autumn is when things really begin to get exciting here. Of course calamagrostis had been effective for months, but with panicums, molinias and finally my miscanthus coming into flower the garden is reaching its peak." - Speaks Michael King this week (co-author of Piet Oudolf). </p><p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314147020?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314147020?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="524" class="align-left" height="348"/></a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Michael King is probably one of the world's foremost authorities on planting design with grasses. Michael lives in the Netherlands, but he is now holding four week online courses at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.my-garden-school.com" target="_blank">MyGardenSchool</a> teaching gardening enthusiasts, aspiring and professional garden designers, and practising landscapers all about the beauty of using different grasses for both form and function.</p><p>Here is a taster for the course (which includes a new video format). Bookings are now being taken for Sept 1st intake. You can learn more about the Designing With Grasses <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.my-garden-school.com/course/a-masterclass-in-garden-design-with-grasses/" target="_blank">Gardening Course</a> here.<object width="640" height="360" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="false"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="never"></param><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VbuYpJfeteI?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowfullscreen" value="false"></param><embed wmode="opaque" width="640" height="360" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VbuYpJfeteI?version=3&hl=en_US" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="false"></embed> <param name="wmode" value="opaque"></param></object></p></div>Planting 5 litre versus 2-3 litrehttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/planting-5-litre-versus-2-3-litre2012-02-19T20:18:52.000Z2012-02-19T20:18:52.000ZT & S Plantshttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/TSPlants<div><p>For many years, 2 or 3 litre plants have become the boring, industry tradition.</p><p>At the <strong>South West Landscape Centre</strong>, we intend to change this tradition and show, that larger plants are actually better value for money for Landscapers and Garden Designers.</p><p>With 2-3 litre Shrubs, say costing £3.50-£4.50 each, Trade. What you get is something normally Tunnel grown, covered in fleece over the Winter, so safe for planting out in a domestic garden around April?</p><p>At the <strong>SWLC</strong>, all of our 5 litre Shrubs are grown outside, on what is a very windy site! So our Landscape & Garden Design customers have a tough, top quality plant in a 5 litre pot, costing £4.15.</p><p>Indeed with Herbaceous, Landscapers and Designers tend to plant 3 x 2 litre for impact. So for example 3 x 2 litre Herbaceous at £2.70 each is £8.10. Why? When you can achieve the same impact with one 5 litre Herbaceous costing only £4.15.</p><p>So with 5 litre plants, the planting costs are less, per square metre, when compared against 2-3 litre!</p><p>Losses also raise an issue.</p><p>2-3 litre plants can fail. 5 litre plants are big enough to survive most things.</p><p>We support Landscapers and Garden Designers.</p><p>Therefore, at the <strong>SWLC,</strong> <strong>we guarantee ALL of our own 5 litre Shrubs and above, for 12 months after sale. </strong> If our plant fails, due to it being a bad or sub-standard plant, then we will replace it, free of charge.</p><p>Not many Wholesale Nurseries do this for Landscapers & Garden Designers. </p><p>In fact, to our knowledge, the <strong>SWLC</strong> is the only Wholesale Nursery offer this level of support to Landscapers and Garden Designers.</p><p>It is nice to be ahead of the game. </p><p>This is unique customer service offered by the <span style="color: #000000;"><strong>SWLC</strong></span>.</p><p>From Tuesday 21st February, you can all view our customer commitment, on our new website, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.southwestlandscapecentre.co.uk/">www.southwestlandscapecentre.co.uk</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></div>'50 Popular Plants Used in Garden Design' ebook and the BLL Newsletterhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/50-popular-plants-used-in-garden-design-ebook-and-the-bll2012-01-13T22:32:53.000Z2012-01-13T22:32:53.000ZBen Lannoyhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/BenLannoy<div><p>As of today, Ben Lannoy Landscapes has introduced a newsletter to its portfolio in order to speak directly to our subscribers and essentially get the most fruitful info to the people that really want to know. With the sign up comes a free ebook titled '50 Popular Plants Used in Garden Design'. I've been writing the book on and off for over 9 months now and although i enjoyed every minute of it, it seemed as though there was always more to do. For me, once i had started there was no going back and doing it while working full time is not always ideal!</p><p>As i've always believed, you can't ever grow as a business or as person unless you have people around you that can point you in the right way whenever you lose your sense of direction. This is why it's so important to have others around you to bouce ideas off and get excited about moving forward. On this and many other occasions it happens to be my wife.</p><p>This will definitely not be the last book for me as i love writing, but for the amount of time that it took, i think it will have to be the last book for a good few months, or my wife might start proceedings! :)</p><p>Honestly, she is the most supportive and she is one of the ones who has wanted to see the end result that i had blabbed about for so long, and that day has finally come!</p><p>I felt that a Plant ID guide of 50 different plants is needed by amateur and professional gardeners but also as a learning tool for staff as I've found we needed before.</p><p>More than anything it is perfect for showing to clients who are unable to translate what they want from the softer elements of the garden and this really helps you and them to get an idea of the plants they actually like.</p><p>Now that it's done, i'm looking at other projects that can keep me 'off the streets' and keep my ever wondering brain focused!</p><p>If you're interested in seeing how the book turned out, we'd love to have you as a subscriber. Just sign up on the sign up form on the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.benlannoy.com/" target="_blank">Ben Lannoy Homepage</a> to get your free ebook delivered to you by email straight away and start receiving our monthly newsletters!</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314195231?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314195231?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></div>Bamboo plants in the gardenhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/bamboo-plants-in-the-garden2011-06-04T11:02:00.000Z2011-06-04T11:02:00.000ZOfer El-hashaharhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/OferElhashahar<div><p><span class="font-size-6">Bamboo plants in the garden- You must know if you have it or Will plant it. Cool Video.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Here that is for you,</p><p>cool video on a very important thing that who ever planting bamboo shoud know.</p><p> </p><p><object height="510" width="640" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="false"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="never"></param><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/u4wFW0Pc3Wg?version=3&hl=en_GB&rel=0"></param><param name="allowfullscreen" value="false"></param><embed wmode="opaque" height="510" width="640" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/u4wFW0Pc3Wg?version=3&hl=en_GB&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed> <param name="wmode" value="opaque"></param></object></p><p>Few more points:</p><p> </p><p>1. All bamboo plants spread, even some are called clamping - they spread but slower than the seconed group that called running bamboo.</p><p>2. the bamboo got rhizome - under the ground it looks similar to the bamboo stake : thick with sections and the end of each section is a bud that can developed to another plant these can spread far away.</p><p>3. running bamboo can spread very far , cross roads and gardens... be aware.</p><p>4. I would not dear to plant it without 1-2 mm root barrier after all the stories that I heard about it.</p><p>For example I had on feb (2011) A customer rang and said '' THE RHIZOMES FROM THE BAMBOO HEDGE ARE UNDEAR ALL THE LAWN... WHAT CAN i DO?''. Tough what could I say.</p><p>Follow this link to read/buy the best quality barrier . <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.best4garden.co.uk/shop/page/15?sessid=HSlVJs5fkLUPXLyjdCTJng3PoM3qhzNBoG5Sp7rTc4VtnX7LS53JKTFmTFsBbuHv&shop_param=" target="_blank">bamboo rhizome barrier /root barrier</a></p><p> </p><p> </p></div>Garden Designers Top Ten Plants & combinations.https://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/garden-designers-top-ten2010-10-19T11:30:00.000Z2010-10-19T11:30:00.000ZTracy McQuehttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/TracyMcQue<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Have added a new post about top ten new plants that I've used this year in clients' gardens and some interesting plant combinations. Full post is at</span> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://mcquegardens.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://mcquegardens.blogspot.com/</span></a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and here is a taster:</span><div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><u><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1)</span></font></u> <font class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 11px;"><u><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Anchusa azurea</span></font></u></font> <font class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 11px;"><u><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">'Loddon Royalist':</span></font></u></font> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 11px;">I first saw this at a plant show this May and was bowled over by it's stunning deep blue flowers. It grows to about 1-1.2 m tall, but doesn't seem to need staking. For this reason I used it as an alternative to Delphiniums which the client was keen on &amp; we planted it in a sunny site. It flowered for a long time and was constantly surrounded by bees. Lovely from early summer onwards and worked well with Astrantia Ruby Wedding, Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum' and Echinacea 'White Swan'.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zy_btql_Fvo/TLyTEcZjMFI/AAAAAAAAArY/HIltIh8iM_s/s1600/Anchusa+azurea+'Loddon+Royalist'.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zy_btql_Fvo/TLyTEcZjMFI/AAAAAAAAArY/HIltIh8iM_s/s320/Anchusa+azurea+'Loddon+Royalist'.jpg" width="224" style="cursor: move;"/></span></font></a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 11px; font-size: small;"><br/></span></font></p></div></div>New 2011 Oakover Nurseries trade brochurehttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/new-2011-oakover-nurseries2010-09-28T19:30:00.000Z2010-09-28T19:30:00.000ZPhil Voicehttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/philvoice<div>The new 2011 Oakover Nurseries trade brochure was launched at the Four Oaks Trade Event. This impressive 44 page Wholesale Catalogue details their large volumes of P9 liners which includes Ilex aquifolium, Taxus baccata together with Cordylines and Phormiums. The brochure is also available on-line. 500,000 Liners & Grafting Stocks Oakover Nurseries are now in their 31st year. The traditions and standards that the nursery was built on still apply today. Starting with 20 acres of owned land, this has grown to over 400 acres in 2010. This includes facilities for cold storage, grading and despatch plus a hectare of plants grown under protection. Over 4 million seedlings on an annual basis to grow on as stocks, hedging plants, feathered trees and specimens. The Oakover container site produces in the region of 500,000 liners and grafting stocks together with large trees and shrubs in a range of pot sizes up to 90L. Continental Drive! Ashford based Oakover Nurseries will be showing for the third year running at the Groot-Groen trade event in Zundert from October 6-8th 2010. They were the first U.K. nursery to exhibit in 2008. This plant fair provides an opportunity to expand and develop sales of their liners and more unusual stock into the wider European market. Commenting on this continued drive towards Europe, General Manager Brian Fraser said ‘ This event helps to increase our European profile. All the exhibitors are nurserymen and growers, so we feel quite at home!’ Tel: 01233 713016. <a href="http://www.oakovernurseries.co.uk">www.oakovernurseries.co.uk</a> [PRESS RELEASE]
</div>Nieuwkoop Europe B.V. opens wholesale centrehttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/nieuwkoop-europe-bv-opens2010-09-24T17:32:56.000Z2010-09-24T17:32:56.000ZPhil Voicehttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/philvoice<div><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314131991?profile=original" alt="" style="float: right;" />[PRESS RELEASE] DE KWAKEL, THE NETHERLANDS – On 11 October, Nieuwkoop Europe B.V. will open its new wholesale centre, located at the site of its principal establishment in De Kwakel, The Netherlands. The Nieuwkoop Green Centre is focused on florists and traders by means of a unique concept. The synergy with the production-, import- and export-orientated parent company Nieuwkoop Europe B.V. will yield major benefits for all customer groups. For the realization of the Nieuwkoop Green Centre, Nieuwkoop has opted for collaboration with several big names in the hardware market, such as Alfora, Bolsius, Elho, Emerald Eternal Green, Hakbijl Glas, O Living, Ter Steege and Van der Leeden. Collaboration with selected nursery specialist is sought in the plants segment. The official opening will take place on Wednesday, 3 November, at the annual Open Days, but visitors are welcome as from 11 October, of course. Go to <a href="http://www.nieuwkoop-greencentre.com">www.nieuwkoop-greencentre.com</a> for further information.
</div>Yellow is the colour?https://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/yellow-is-the-colour2010-09-20T10:23:24.000Z2010-09-20T10:23:24.000ZTracy McQuehttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/TracyMcQue<div>I've recently been involved in a planting scheme for a client who's favourite colour is yellow, something I've kept away from for years. Here's how I got on and what I feel about using it now.<p style="text-align: left;"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314131966?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" alt=""/></p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://mcquegardens.blogspot.com/2010/09/for-someone-who-doesnt-like-yellow.html">http://mcquegardens.blogspot.com/2010/09/for-someone-who-doesnt-like-yellow.html</a></div>JCB profitable in 2009 and predicts significant improvement in 2010https://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/jcb-profitable-in-2009-and2010-08-05T07:30:00.000Z2010-08-05T07:30:00.000ZPhil Voicehttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/philvoice<div>[PRESS RELEASE] <img width="200" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314122370?profile=RESIZE_320x320" alt="" style="float: right;" />JCB maintained profitability in 2009 despite the deepest ever recession in the global construction equipment industry. The company saw sales drop by a third to £1.35 billion but was able to increase profit before tax marginally to £29 million (2008 - £28m). In the face of a global market which fell by 46% in 2009 and with total sales of 36,000 machines, JCB increased its market share to an all-time high of 12.2% to reinforce its position as the world’s third largest construction equipment manufacturer. It improved its market-leading position in backhoe loaders, taking more than 40% of the global market, and it also attained world market leadership with its Loadall telescopic handler range with a 28% share. JCB Chairman Sir Anthony Bamford said: “2009 was hugely challenging for the construction equipment industry. The entire JCB organisation pulled together magnificently to respond decisively to the unprecedented downturn, which was particularly severe in the first half of the year. Tough action was taken to adjust our cost base to align it to a much reduced level of demand, and this resulted in an improving profit trend as the year progressed. We have created a strong platform for renewed profitable growth." JCB has now embarked on a £20 million investment in a new generation of its iconic backhoe loader, the machine with an excavator arm at the rear and shovel at the front. The first of the new eco-range of the British-built diggers rolled off the company’s Staffordshire production line in Union Jack colours and embarked on a tour of famous London landmarks to celebrate its launch and the company’s approaching 65th anniversary in October. The JCB 3CX Eco and JCB 4CX Eco backhoe models go into full production next month and will offer a machine which uses up to 16 per cent less fuel compared to its predecessor – saving customers using the digger for an average 1,250 hours a year more than £1,000 in fuel costs. Sir Anthony said: “Despite the economic difficulties, we continued to invest in new products, with 11 innovative machines launched so far this year including the most fuel efficient backhoe loader we’ve ever produced. JCB’s backhoe already leads the market on fuel efficiency and the new eco backhoe offers customers fuel savings of up to 16% compared to the outgoing model, setting a new standard in backhoe technology and placing us in a strong position to capitalise on improving market conditions. JCB began manufacturing its own engines in 2004 and in 2006 two of the JCB Dieselmax engines powered the JCB Dieselmax car to the world diesel landspeed record on the Salt Flats of Bonneville, USA. The company has now made a further huge investment to develop the off-highway sector's cleanest engine in readiness for incoming emissions legislation. Sir Anthony said: “Having invested a total of £80 million in developing the new JCB Dieselmax engine, JCB now has not only the cleanest engine in the off-highway sector, but one which offers fuel savings of up to 10%. As the engine is used in more than half of JCB’s products, this gives our machine customers a huge competitive advantage. These benefits also extend to other equipment suppliers who are now buying the JCB Dieselmax engine in increasing numbers to power their own products.” Sir Anthony also said that in the first half of 2010, the construction equipment industry has seen a “strong recovery” in emerging markets such as India, Brazil and China, although the traditional markets of Western Europe and North America remain weak. And he added: “On balance, we expect to see a significant improvement in both sales and profits this year compared to 2009”. <a href="http://www.jcb.com/PressCentre/NewsItem.aspx?ID=810">http://www.jcb.com/PressCentre/NewsItem.aspx?ID=810</a>
</div>Inchbald seeks lecturer in plant nomenclaturehttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/inchbald-seeks-lecturer-in2010-07-27T15:17:12.000Z2010-07-27T15:17:12.000ZAndrew Duffhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/AndrewDuff<div><b>Inchbald School of Design in London</b> is looking for a lecturer in plant nomenclature to start mid September.The lectures would take place on Monday once every three weeks. The school is looking for someone with a pure horticulture background and an immense knowledge of plants.References requiresPlease contact me onAndrew Duff<b>andrewduff@inchbald.co.uk0207 630 9011</b></div>Office Plant of the Yearhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/office-plant-of-the-year2010-07-16T14:17:19.000Z2010-07-16T14:17:19.000ZLaura @ eFIGhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/LauraeFIG<div>By this time next week an independent panel of judges will have named your Office Plant of the Year!The judges – Matthew Appleby of Horticulture Week, Adam Pasco of BBC Gardeners World Magazine and Claudia de Yong, award winning garden designer and regular contributor to Landscape Juice - will share their horticulture expertise to make the decision.So that prompts the question, “Have you voted for your top two desk-top plants yet?” It’s your chance to have your say and nominate the two plants you think work best in the office and fulfil the criteria:• Easy to maintain• Good for any location i.e. can tolerate light and shade• Popular with clients• Good at scrubbing the air – remember all plants remove toxins• Interesting plant – architectural structure or other reason• Good for desk tops – fulfilling research criteria – one plant improves mood and performancePlease send your nominations to Joanna at info@efig.eu.com by the end of this week to be included.</div>Looking for new product ideas.https://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/looking-for-new-product-ideas2009-12-12T07:04:16.000Z2009-12-12T07:04:16.000ZFenlandphilhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/Fenlandphil<div>I manage a company manufacturing decorative iron garden products in the main plant supports of various kinds arches, obelisks, gazebos etc. ( <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.seriousgardener.co.uk/">http://www.seriousgardener.co.uk/</a> ).Are there any lanscaping or garden products in my line of country that any of you need that you can't get else where? perhaps something available in Victorian times or earlier that is no longer made.I would be interested to hear of anything.</div>Clean your soil of oil or heavy metal contamination by planting a tree or seeding a lawn.https://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/clean-your-soil-of-oil-or2009-03-08T18:30:00.000Z2009-03-08T18:30:00.000ZSustainable Land Managementhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/SustainableLandManagement<div>Phytoremediation and Bioremediation referred to in an earlier blog are not the best words to start anything you want others to read. But bear with me as the title to the blog is closer to the mark. For many years now the rest of the world has been progressing dramatically in the science of using plants and trees to treat contaminated and polluted sites. I hate to say this but the UK lags behind significantly and whilst the technology is accepted and used in the UK, it is still in it's infancy.NASA recently spend considerable resources into the research of houseplants and just how much they can do in purifying air. The results are staggering, with many of the palm species coming out on top with incredible rates of absorbation for pollutants including: Formaldehyde, Carbon Monoxide, xylene, and benzene. As such stick a Dracaena marginata in every room.The most incredible results have come out of the research into trees and plants when grown on known contaminated sites. Unfortunately it is impossible to link to the pages detailing the comprehensive lists of the species which can actually reduce and degrade pollutants such as Oils and other hydrocarbons, Heavy metals such as arsenic, lead and cadmium, nitrate and other leachates. But I want to list a few species of particular note:Grasses: 2 of our more common species; <i>Lolium perenne</i> ,Ryegrass and <i>Festuca rubra</i> Red Fescue, have both been proven to enhance degradation of hydrocarbons in soil.Trees: Willow species are well known for their ability to uptake leachates at an incredible rate, but they are capable of degrading some of the more unpleasant heavy metals as well, including cadmium. Holly can also 'accumulate' cadmium.Mulberries, (which I personally feel everyone should plant if they can), have phenolic compounds in the roots which assist degrading bacteria to an amazing degree, breaking down many nasty pollutants in the soil.[A wee diversion, but on the same lines as the degrading bacteria, it is possible to buy enzymes, which will effectively eat oil, diesel and petrol spills. I tested this out once after an incident with a DERV Landrover, stupidly pouring it onto tarmac, the enzymes had a field day and to the best of my knowledge are continuing to munch their way along the road in question - check out <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.z-bio.co.uk/petro.html">zebec</a>]Poplars should be grown more in the UK, particularly as due to increased levels of nutrients flowing into our watercourses have caused stupidly high levels of nitrogen, the rate of uptake by a poplar is staggering. Alders will of course do the same.Other key species are: Birch, for degrading pollutants in dry sites, Red Maples, (together with Alders), are fantastic to capture leachates around landfill sites no matter how large, Buffalo Grass and Miscanthus also.We are in the process at the moment of waiting to get clearance from the quangos to accept biomass from trees and plants used for phytoremediation purposes available for waste to energy. Shouldn't be a problem and watch this space. But if there is a green light - imagine being able to remediate pollution and get paid every seven years for the by product.<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.paysagedurable.com" target="_blank">www.paysagedurable.com</a></div>