While winter still grips our gardens here at home, Head Gardener Peter McDermott has been looking firmly to the future! He has travelled to sun drenched Sicily to explore and select varieties for our exciting range of Mediterranean plants.
From vibrant flowering shrubs to fruitful citrus plants, he has been checking quality, performance and that all important wow factor before they make their way to YouGarden customers across the UK!
Words from our Head Gardener:
Grow Sicilian Kumquats In Your Garden
“It may be early in the season and you’re probably at home thinking about what you’re going to grow in your garden this summer, maybe through to the autumn.
Well, at YouGarden we’re here, literally in Sicily. It’s February and we’re thinking about the exciting Mediterranean plants we’re going to bring you.
Now, things like these incredible Kumquat, incredibly tasty, delicious, nutritious, fragrant, productive super plants to have in your garden. You’re going to have those available to you!”
Palms And Shrubs, From Lands Afar!
“Now we think about Oleander. We have standard Oleanders and we have bush Oleanders, across the whole colour spectrum of pink, red, white, and yellow. These beautiful Mediterranean evergreen plants will flower their socks off all summer long.
“One of the most exciting developments in the world of palms for 20 years!” – Peter McDermott on Chamaerops Compact ‘The Volcano Palm’
We’ve also got one of the most exciting developments in the world of palms for 20 years! It’s taken 20 years to develop the Chamaerops humilis ‘Compacta’, known as the ‘Volcano Palm!’ Incredibly compact, perfect for your garden, amazing for pots on your patio.
Ultimate Mix Of Citrus
Then we’ve got other oranges and lemons… Just the best selection of citrus you could ever wish to have, including the Citrus Arcobal Orange, a beautiful item you can make into marmalades and different chutneys and so on.
You’ve got kumquats, you’ve got limes, you’ve got oranges, you’ve got lemons – the whole gambit. And all of that – we’re out here, we’re sourcing it, we’re bringing it to you. So, you can have the very best selection of the most interesting plants in your garden this year.”
