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What is the name of the strawberry that Monty Don has in his garden,  described on Gardeners' World last year as half way between an alpine and a standard variety and has an Italian sounding name. Where can one buy the plants It would appear

.Wash and disinfect bird feeders and tables Collect fallen leaves and add to a leaf bin to compost down Spread fresh gravel or grit around alpine plants Around the gardenTake root cuttings of oriental poppies Check stakes and ties are secure on trees and climbers

Hi, this is my first post, I'm a gardening novice - very keen but lacking in knowledge! Thought these forums would be a big help... A couple of years ago I planted a mossy saxifrage (Peter Pan), it's now spread to a clump about 12 by 6 inches

this one.  They were a weed in our garden when we arrived here some 17 years ago, and we still have the occasional outbreak!  I'd certainly cut them back hard now if I were you.  I do have a very small one in an alpine bed, grows to about 12 inches

use 5mm limestone grit. Wondered if this article I wrote was of any use.            We found a number of these old Belfast type sinks around the garden. This is how I turned them into alpine growing areas. The sink was scrubbed with bleach to remove

cushion, about 6 inches high and are also available in white. Also small dianthus (like miniature carnations) in various colours. Should be available now at your local garden centre or, preferably, nursery and also ask for alpines.   It sounds an ideal

little corner of the countryside in your garden.any timeMarch - April20 minutesFoamflower, TiarellaBleeding heart, Dicentra spectabilisBrunneraWide, shallow potMulti-purpose compostCrocksPlace a layer of crocks at the bottom of pot, then three

I meant to say. As far as I am aware it is legal to send seeds from anywhere in the EU to anywhere in the Eu, as long as they are not wild collected and restricted by CITES. Check out the Alpine Garden Soc and the Scottish Rock garden sites

is not fully established yet so the garden is quite open and unsheltered. In the Autumn I dug up an area of the lawn which was tucked into a recess of the house and put in two square metre raised beds as well as a flower bed and a small rock garden for alpines

!@happymarion I didn't mean in a regular garden! If I ever get a nice piece of land, I could just leave it and sit and watch it grow. Glad you found lots of alpine strawberries. Are you going to make use of them?@Chromebaby lovely to find new plants, isn't it? I