Of the bumalda spireas,
* ‘Anthony Waterer’ is the best known variety. It grows to a height of only 3 feet and has reddish-pink flowers held in little umbrellas on the tips of the branches. The foliage is maroon-tinged.
* ‘Coccinea’ is like ‘Anthony Waterer’, [...]
Vanhoutte spirea (S. vanhouttei), the classic bridal wreath spirea, is a deciduous broadleaf shrub that can grow 6 to 10 feet high and spread as much as 20 feet wide. The small leaves are blue-green in summer with no fall color. Masses of small, white flower clusters cover the plant in the spring.
Japanese spirea (S. [...]
Youngsters at a Ham primary school spent a day improving their award-winning gardens last month.
The pupils at Meadlands Primary School, on Broughton Avenue, put on their gardening gear and got down to work, improving the school environment.
The school, which currently holds Richmond in Bloom Schools Gold Awards for both Best School and Best Environmental Area, [...]
The perimeters are the giveaway. Amid the bustling neighbourhood of townhouses, duplexes, apartments, flats and family homes, it’s odd that the fences are all the same. Pen-like, the 1.2m flimsy aluminium spikes and rails are sufficient to mark property boundaries, but leave an openness for all to see.
Backyards, front-yards and side-yards give up privacy for [...]
No matter what a design consultant may call himself or herself – architect, decorator or interior designer – that person must be knowledgeable about safety issues as well building codes.
General code requirements don’t ensure that a home will be free of risks. Identifying and correcting hidden dangers should thus be an essential aspect of any [...]
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