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Planting an Art-Deco Raised Border

On 22/07/2012 in forum

alpines and by this stage I'm getting anxious for phase 2 to get completed.  Regards,Steve    Looks very good, I have seen people ask for advice about low maintenace gardens for limited motor function so it will be good to show them what is possible


Talkback: Choosing plants for autumn colour

On 28/11/2011 in forum

pink to a dark burgundy.At our local group of the Alpine Garden Society we are having one of the four lectures at our annual conference on "The Glory of Autumn" by the curator of the Oxford University Botanic Garden, Timothy Walker. I an all agog


Talkback: Tomato blight

On 28/11/2011 in forum

I have grown Tomatoes for many years but it is only the last three years i have had a problem with blight. In the past i chose to grow what you may call normal size tomatoes ie shirley Gardeners delight, this year i decided to grow all small


Blue-flowering bulbs

On 20/10/2011 in Plant features: Flowers

Blue bulbsBlue is one of my favourite colours in the garden. Every year, I eagerly scour catalogues and flower-show exhibits for new varieties of blue-flowering bulbs. Plan ahead so you can enjoy a sea of blue in February, before the daffodils


Winter wonders

On 09/01/2013 in forum

It is New year;s day and the rain has let up at lsst and i can take my camera out in my garden to see the beautiful bare bones of the trees and anything else that thrills me in the winter.  so be prepared for some photographs as soon


Plants from cuttings

On 26/03/2013 in forum

I have lots of plants raised from cuttings in my garden.....just as most people have....ranging from conifers to alpines. Suggestions please for perennials that can be quickly propagated by cuttings....penstemons, osteospermums,.....to provide cheap


Things you did in the garden as a kid which were extremely bad!

On 02/03/2013 in forum

arround me. http://www.ideasforgardens.net/berghill/CoachTrip/ Berghill what a lovely garden, you have clearly put in alot of work.. I like the different sections and shaping aswell..  What a wonderful garden! You must be an alpine expert but it seems


Talkback: Unseasonal weather

On 06/01/2012 in forum

that its 5 pound now for a roll of this tape chloepip Crocuses, not the autumn flowering ones, up an inch already in my alpine troughs. I have just found 3 daffs in a long established patch in full flower, onthe other hand those in my woodland garden which


Talkback: Paving over front gardens

On 28/11/2011 in forum

of herbal medecine. Next Wednesday one of the clubs I give powerpoint lectures on gardening to in the winter is visiting my garden. It is divided into many rooms like the scree for my alpines, a bamboo grove forshade, a fernery with foxgloves about


Talkback: Summer bedding plants

On 28/11/2011 in forum

my mums got the hump as shes spent loads of money at the garden centre this week and she put them out the front in the chimmey pots and the birds keep sitting ontop of the flowers and they have broke the stems of the flowers.the birds


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