http://www.urbanjungle.uk.com/blog/ Latest news and articles from Urban Jungle en-US Tue, 3 Apr 2012 14:45:18 GMT Jungle Drums BP Blog 8.0 http://www.urbanjungle.uk.com/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=137 http://www.urbanjungle.uk.com/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=137 Customers regularly ask me how the hosepipe ban will affect the nursery. Fortunately, as a business we will still be able to use a hosepipe for watering our plants. Can you imagine filling a watering can 6 zillion times a day to water a whole nursery?Weve... Tue, 3 Apr 2012 14:45:16 GMT Blog http://www.urbanjungle.uk.com/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=136 http://www.urbanjungle.uk.com/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=136 Somewhere out there, perhaps my parents still have it, is a photograph of yours truly in a Brownie uniform, planting a tree. At least I was assisting some local dignitary by handing them the shovel. I very vaguely remember the event itself. Anyway,... Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:23:52 GMT Blog http://www.urbanjungle.uk.com/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=135 http://www.urbanjungle.uk.com/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=135 Our Clematis amandii is in flower and for me thats the signal that spring has started. Time to get bloggingNew Garden at Urban JungleThe cold weather last month forced a retreat inside and though frustrating, being prevented from doing some of the... Sat, 3 Mar 2012 16:54:13 GMT Blog http://www.urbanjungle.uk.com/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=134 http://www.urbanjungle.uk.com/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=134 Hiking to the end of Blakeney Point, a gravel spit that stretches 3.5 miles along the North Norfolk coast, in the middle of January isnt what most people would chose to do on a day off, but thats exactly what Liz and I did last Saturday. I worked... Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:15:35 GMT Blog http://www.urbanjungle.uk.com/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=133 http://www.urbanjungle.uk.com/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=133 EnsetePutting the Exotic Garden to bed has now begun in earnest. And, with spectacular timing Ive put my back out. I constantly move heavy plants around the nursery without any problem (no concessions at Urban Jungle for being female) but last ... Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:21:42 GMT Blog http://www.urbanjungle.uk.com/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=132 http://www.urbanjungle.uk.com/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=132 About this time last year, after a day away, I returned to a box of rooted cuttings that a customer had kindly left for me at the nursery. Apparently they were a selection of rare goodies, but as with most small rooted cuttings they didnt look very... Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:31:42 GMT Blog http://www.urbanjungle.uk.com/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=131 http://www.urbanjungle.uk.com/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=131 Its that time of year when those who grow tender exotic plants start getting the jitters. We want to savour our gardens for as long as possible and indeed many specimens such as Cannas, Gingers and Dahlias are at their peak. Theyre still growing... Sat, 22 Oct 2011 10:48:59 GMT Blog http://www.urbanjungle.uk.com/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=130 http://www.urbanjungle.uk.com/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=130 I love gardening on the dark side with purple and black plants. They add glamour and sophistication to any planting scheme. If you want to look inconspicuous wear dark coloured clothes. But, if you want your garden to stand out from the rest, use dark... Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:48:44 GMT Blog http://www.urbanjungle.uk.com/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=129 http://www.urbanjungle.uk.com/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=129 Cleome amongst Canna leavesWe grow many plants in the gardens of the nursery that we dont actually stock in our range. This is frustrating for our visitors they fall in love with a plant they see in the ground but are unable to take a potted specimen... Sun, 21 Aug 2011 12:25:03 GMT Blog http://www.urbanjungle.uk.com/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=128 http://www.urbanjungle.uk.com/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=128 Steve and Karen have run the Whalebone Public House in Norwich for the last 19 years. Its located in the Catton area of the city, where I was raised and my parents still live. I have an affection for the Whalebone. As a youngster I would regularly... Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:25:39 GMT Blog