Journal
Notes from the nursery
Practical writing on choosing, siting and establishing the plants we sell: hedging, olives, maples and the rest.
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Japanese maples: choosing a cultivar and finding the right spot
Acer palmatum in Croatian gardens: sun and shade, leaf scorch, soil pH, container culture, and which cultivars stay small enough for a town garden.
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The olive in the garden: coast, container and continental frost
How Olea europaea behaves in Croatian gardens — the coast, the wet continental interior, container culture, pruning, and what a mature specimen actually buys you.
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Choosing plants for a hedge: screening, clipping and coastal wind
Which hedging plants suit which job — fast evergreen screening, a formal clipped line, or a windbreak on the coast — with spacing, clipping months and honest trade-offs.