Garden plants
Garden plants provide green, eye-catching beauty for your outdoor spaces. In addition to the wonderful colours of flower bulbs, you will naturally want to have some more resilient greenery in the form of trees, shrubs and hedges. Every garden plant has its own requirements for care, planting and pruning. On our blog you will not only find handy care tips but also inspiration for designing stunning gardens. Combine a wide variety of plants and bulbs to create amazing explosions of colour.
10 Tips for your pond
Tip 1: A reasonably sized pond starts with a plan. Which boggy and waterplants do you want to use? Tip 2: Good water oxygen plants will bring balance in your pond. It is best to use tap...
Attract beautiful butterflies to your garden!
Watching beautiful butterflies happily fluttering from flower to flower is a real treat. Would you like to attract butterflies to your garden? It's easy to create your own butterfly ga...
Basic tips to lay out an attractive front garden
It’s often the back garden that is considered the showpiece but don’t forget to keep your front garden looking good too. However big or small, the front garden provides the first impre...
Climbing Hydrangea: Easy and Beautiful
Climbers seem to become more popular year by year. Although, since people now have smaller gardens or just balconies this is, perhaps, hardly surprising. 'Vertical' gardening with climb...
Climbing Roses
When choosing and purchasing a climbing rose, almost everyone has a romantic vision of a sweet smelling cascade of flowers enriching their garden. Taking note of the following w...
Combine Roses with Clematis
Some species of climbing roses flower rapidly. With some species roses, the clematis can provide colour for the rest of the summer. The clematis looks beautiful twin...
Crafting with greenery this Easter
Greenery makes the Easter dinner table even more welcoming. Some opt for a flower bouquet, while others prefer an indoor plant as a centrepiece. The best thing, of ...
Enjoy a waterfall of flowers with the Wisteria
It's that time of the year again. Wisterias are shining in gardens, arches, railings and onto the walls in the streets. Wisteria is the generic and common name for several species of wo...
Five new green hobbies for your children
Children are the future: and that goes double when it comes to taking care of nature. That's why it's important to make your children aware of nature's beauty now. ...
Ground cover plants for shady places
A widely used natural ground cover plant for shady areas in your garden is Ivy (Hedera helix). This fast growing evergreen develops long shoots with small adhesive rootlets. Wherever th...
How are organic plants grown?
The Bakker.com team always strives to make people happy with greenery and by bringing them closer to nature, and to make nature a bit more sustainable. Would you like to lend a hand? A...
How can you enhance the atmosphere of your patio?
A patio or roof deck often has a lot of tiles, making it more difficult to add plants. If you have a small patio, you have to use the space you have creatively. Adding several l...
Hydrangeas in the spotlight
The hydrangea is a true all-rounder that is a perfect fit for any garden, patio or balcony. A few densely blooming hydrangeas make quite an impression at your fr...
Lavender / Lavandula
Lavender is a herbaceous plant that becomes slightly woody at the base of the branches and is therefore classified as a semi-shrub by botanists. The genus Lavandula comprises approximat...
Lupin: stunning flower clusters
Lupins are amongst the most colourful border plants. The tall, full flower spikes are very prominent and perfect for creating striking combinations. It is quite easy to create magical e...
More green for every type of balcony
Greenery is often associated with homes or gardens, but greenery can be added anywhere. Even on the tiniest balcony! Plants transform your balcony from a boring viewpoint to an oasis o...
Ornamental grasses set the tone of your garden
The garden is a place to relax and enjoy your free time, and plants can be used to create a mood. What kind of ambience are you looking for in your in your garden? Will you opt for sle...
Planting and caring Anemones
Anemones are also known as wind-flowers because they move in the slightest breeze. They are lovely, delicate flowers that command great admiration when planted in large numbers. The most...
Self-clinging climbers: Ivy (Hedera Helix)
Climbers become more popular every year and it isn’t surprising, particularly in smaller gardens where space is at a premium. They are perfect for vertical gardening and don’t need a lo...
Use plants in pots to brighten up your patio!
Patio plants in pots are an easy way to add a splash of colour to your garden, patio or balcony. By mixing and matching spring and summer blooms, you can enjoy greenery and flow...
Watering During the Summer
Plants and crops consist mainly of water. Water flows from the roots to the leaves, transporting the nutrients absorbed by the roots to the place where they are needed. It is therefore ...
Top 10 fast-growing garden plants
Your garden is a wonderful place for you to relax. Once you've created it, you'll want to enjoy all its cheerful colours as quickly as possible, so that you can spend the whole summer e...
The English Cottage Garden
A garden with allure Cosy seating areas, scintillating views and lush flower beds full of bright and colourful roses, and lots of classics: that’s the ‘English Garden’! If you enjoy th...
The Japanese Garden
A garden full of symbolism, mystery and peace, lots and lots of peace and quiet... The Japanese garden is somewhat different to the traditional Dutch, English or French garden. A real ...
On holiday in your very own tropical Balinese garden
Who needs to holiday in Bali? With a Balinese garden you can enjoy that holiday vibe every day. This tropical garden has it all — a sunny, energetic atmosphere combined with a calming,...
Everything you need to know about fertilising your garden
If you want your garden plants and trees to grow strong and thrive, it is important to fertilise them regularly. Not only will fertilising your plants and flowers help them grow more st...
Do your bit for a greener planet
Do you want to do your bit for mother earth? Do you think that it's important to help make nature greener? You can start by filling your own garden with mo...
The 7 most popular climbing plants
Climbing plants are much more versatile than many people think. Not only are they a way to add colour to a bare fence, wall or pergola, climbing plants can really create an atmo...
Beautiful plants for your balcony
Are you looking for some lovely plants to go on your balcony or patio? With the right patio and balcony plants, you can enjoy a cosy, green space all year round. A little short ...