Wednesday, April 25, 2007



New at St Bridget's
Each day more and more bedding plants are entering the St Bridget Nurseries' Garden Centres from their nursery greenhouses. These dainty little plants are Diascia Little Dancer and Little Drifter.

Diascias are easy to grow, low maintenance plants which flower for an extensive season beginning in spring.
These diascias are particularly prolific and attractive varieties producing bright mid pink and coral coloured flowers which smother a dense, compact mound of foliage.
Diascias are so called because they have two 'spurs' (in Greek - di - ascia,) at the back of their flowers.
These plants are great for fast results in a new gardens or containers and they make a particularly showy display when planted in drifts of 3-5 plants. Can be grown in containers and hanging baskets.

Should be positioned in full sun in a well drained but moist soil.
A light trim after a main flower flush is all that is required to keep a neat habit as well as encouraging further flower production. For best results apply a slow release plant fertiliser.

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