5 Ideas for Conservatory Plantings
If you’re thinking about investing in a conservatory now that, for most of us anyway, moving home is out of the question, you might be wondering what sort of plants you can grow there. Even if you are using the conservatory mainly as an extra room in the house, you will still be able to grow plants that wouldn’t survive a British winter. Here are some ideas:
- Tropical and subtropical plants, as big as you have room for, along with climbers can be trained onto wires that will eventually cover walls and ceilings.
- Think about perfume as well as looks, with the door open something like jasmine will scent the whole ground floor of your home.
- In winter months, when the conservatory has cooled down a little, consider growing spring bulbs such as narcissi and hyacinths. Some hyacinths are wonderfully scented so you’d be killling two birds with one stone.
- If you have room for just one plant, what about a small peach tree? Grow it in a pot and then, in the summer, you can move it out onto the patio.
- As the weather cools bring patio plants in and they will continue to flower.
More next time.
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