# Blog, page 3 > Older articles on designing, building and looking after your garden. Page 3 of the tuinontwerp.app blog. Canonical: https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/page/3 Last updated: 2026-09-28 Practical guides for every step: laying out, building, planting and looking after your garden. For an ordinary Dutch garden, measured to your own plot. ## Latest articles - [Grey hair-grass: planting and care on dry sand](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/grey-hair-grass) - Grey hair-grass (Corynephorus canescens) is a native grass 10 to 35 cm tall for dry, poor sand. How to recognise and plant it, and which caterpillars eat it. (2026-09-28) - [How to grow garlic mustard: a native plant for shade](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/grow-garlic-mustard) - Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata): a native biennial shade plant up to 90 cm. How to recognise and grow it, what it costs and what to do when it goes wrong. (2026-09-28) - [Hart's tongue fern: planting and care of an evergreen fern](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/harts-tongue-fern) - Hart's tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium): a native evergreen fern, 15 to 60 cm tall, for a shady spot. How to recognise it, plant it and rescue it. (2026-09-28) - [Lesser celandine: planting and care for a spring carpet](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/lesser-celandine) - Lesser celandine (Ficaria verna): a native spring plant 5 to 30 cm tall, yellow from March to May. Where it grows, planting, spread and whether it is poisonous. (2026-09-28) - [Marsh fern: planting, care and where it grows](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/marsh-fern) - Marsh fern (Thelypteris palustris) is a native fern of 0.5 to 1 metre for wet soil. How to recognise it, how to plant it and what to do when it goes wrong. (2026-09-28) - [May lily: a native ground cover for shade](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/may-lily) - May lily (Maianthemum bifolium) is a native woodland plant 7 to 20 cm tall that flowers in May and June. Where it grows, what it costs, and which parts are poisonous. (2026-09-28) - [Medlar tree: where to plant it, pruning and fruit](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/medlar-tree) - Medlar tree (Mespilus germanica): a small tree of 4 to 6 metres with large white flowers and brown fruit. Where it fits, how to plant it and when to prune it. (2026-09-28) - [Mugwort plant: how to recognise, plant and care for it](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/mugwort-plant) - Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris): a native perennial 0.6 to 1.5 metres tall, flowering July to September. How to recognise it, where it grows, price, problems. (2026-09-28) - [Orpine plant: how to grow, identify and care for it](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/orpine-plant) - Orpine (Hylotelephium telephium) is a native succulent, 25 to 60 cm tall, with purple-red flowers. How to identify, plant, care for it and what it costs. (2026-09-28) - [Perforate St John's wort: planting, care and price](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/perforate-st-johns-wort) - Perforate St John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) is a native perennial 20 to 80 cm tall, yellow flowers June to September. Where it fits, price and planting. (2026-09-28) - [Raspberry plant: where to grow it, pruning and price](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/raspberry-plant) - Raspberry plant (Rubus idaeus): a native shrub of 0.6 to 2.5 metres with white flowers from May to July. Where it fits, how to plant and prune it, and its cost. (2026-09-28) - [Red clover: planting, care and the insects it feeds](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/red-clover) - Red clover (Trifolium pratense) is a native perennial 15 to 50 cm tall with round purplish-red flower heads from May to October. How to plant and care for it. (2026-09-28) Page 3 of 7 - [Previous](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/page/2) - [Next](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/page/4) ## Topics - [Garden design](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/category/tuinontwerp) - How to lay a garden out: dimensions, sight lines, and the order you make decisions in. - [Construction](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/category/aanleg) - From drawing to garden: groundwork, drainage, foundations, and what you can do yourself. - [Sun & shade](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/category/schaduw-en-zon) - How much direct sunlight each spot in your garden gets, measured on your own parcel. - [Seasons](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/category/seizoenen) - What there is to do each month, and when your garden looks its best. - [Materials](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/category/materialen) - Paving, fencing and hard surfaces: what they cost and how long they last. - [Inspiration](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/category/inspiratie) - Gardens and styles to take ideas from, with what they ask for in practice. - [Plants](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/category/plants) - Every plant that is native to the Netherlands and fits a garden, species by species: position, planting, pruning, diseases, and the insects and birds it supports. - [Maintenance](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/category/onderhoud) - Pruning, feeding and keeping up, with as little work per year as possible.