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, and overwinter tubers in cool dark conditionsPlant out spring beddingSow hardy annuals in cleared areas for early flowers next summerSow sweet peas in pots, and overwinter under coverPrune back standard roses to help prevent wind rock damaging the plants

Clear away annual climbers, like sweet peas and morning glory, growing on obelisksPick seedheads and evergreen foliage and mix with fruit such as clementines or limes to make a fresh Christmas wreathMove tubs of shrubs or winter bedding to a

keep learning every day. I found a link to Derry Watkins nursery and they said it was a hardy annual thay may self-sow. Hi lovetogarden - I grew some Orlaya Grandiflora last year from seed - seed sown early spring and flowered same year - I have self

want early or late flowers, I suppose. Bees don't care either way and just want to get stuck in! The other annual climber of which I am very fond is Cobea scandens. My wife and I have a competition each year to see who can grow the best specimen

. Like florists cyclamen you can keep them green all year round if you want. I love these plants, but have never been able to get them to flower again.    I have had lots of new leaves, but no flowers.     Now I treat them like an annual - after all

library, so I can have some instant results from flowering perennials and return them to be used by someone else next year? Perhaps I'll buy some gnomes.What's your view on bedding? Do you replace your displays every year, or use a mixture of annual

soon? Poppy flowers usually only last a day or so if we're talking about annual poppies so yes, extra heat will make them go over faster. There's nothing that you can really do about it. Thank you Alina, there are more to bloom and it's a pity. I

flowers on lavetera are ok but leaves are dead .I watered it well what can i do? Are we talking about the shrub or the annual?-in a container or in the ground? The shrub in a container I think you may have answered your own question-watered well

and out before putting up bubble polythene for insulationSow hardy annuals, like calendulas, in pots for early displaysCheck bulbs, corms and tubers in store for signs of rotWater sparingly in winter, taking care not to splash water aroundPick yellowing

Does anyone have any experience of this plant, should it be treated as an annual? I am about to dig up one from last year which has performed bady this year, and another has died.  They look so beautiful in the garden centre in their pots, should I