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cosmos

Do you know what variety they are? I like growing Purity (white) and Dazzler (deep pink) - last year the same thing happened to me, flowering very early on tiny plants! But they ended up massive last year, some of them 5-6ft! And were covered in flowers well into the autumn. I would worry.

Making a path

Really? Where did you see the paving? How exciting that someone's seen it!

Making a path

Or like the beautiful paths on this website. http://www.penick.net/digging/?p=6569

Making a path

Had checked b&q and wickets, thanks though Hadn't considered salvage merchants- spent a really enjoyable hour marvelling at what's available on salvage websites. But as I don't really know what I'm looking for, neither was that helpful! The path looked something like this. http://www.123rf.com/photo_3645132_unusaul-slate-path-found-in-wales.html

Making a path

In Joe Swift's garden design section in this week's Gardener's World, there was an interesting-looking path. It was made of long thin strips of stone, slate maybe? Laid in lines going across the direction of the path. Perhaps 1-2 inches wide. I need to build a path, and would like to make one like this, but an hour on the Internet hasn't turned up either the material or the method. Where should I look?

Dry Bank..need suggestions

Watch this week's Gardener's World on Iplayer if you missed it- whole section on planting on banks.

Underplanting silver birch

How about some dogwoods? Their red stems will contrast beautifully with the white bark of the silver birches in winter.

Making a path

Long narrow strips of paving, where do I get it?