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by a sea of blue campanula flowers. March - JulyJune - August20 minutesMyrtle, Myrtus communis subsp. tarentinaCampanula portenschlagiana x2Small window boxCrocksLoam-based compost, such as John Innes No. 3Cover the bottom of the window box with crocks

will flower months.Try Nemesia 'Blue Confetti' if you want to vary the colour theme.More advice on growing pelargoniumsGrowing pelargoniums in a rustic container display.Learn more about regal pelargoniums.Planting up a slug-proof display of pelargoniums

Saturday, at last, this is when the weather finally broke; in south-east London, at least. Clear blue sky met me when I traipsed downstairs at half past seven, and as I stepped out through the Kitchen door I felt something I had almost forgotten

The culprit is the flea beetle, which, like its namesake, jumps away when disturbed. The small, shiny, black, brown or blue beetles emerge in April and May, after winter hibernation, ready to start feeding. Eggs laid near host plants hatch in late

the wiser.I only get pigeons regularly visiting my garden. Last winter I made efforts to entice smaller, hungrier birds, and managed to attract a desperate pair of wagtails, a blackbird, a robin and a blue tit. They disappeared as soon as the ice thawed

, lacewings and hoverflies, which prey on aphids.CalendulaSage, Salvia officinalis, is strongly scented and will confuse pests of brassicas if planted alongside them. Its blue flowers attract bees and hoverflies, which also pollinate crops.SageBorage, Borago

to eradicate the colour green so everything was silver, blue and purple. If I remember rightly it looked weird - not in good way. Judge for yourself.I think I might lose your interest if I go through the whole history and cultural osmosis of the barrow but

eye at a local plant centre, its spoon-shaped petals infused with steely blue crying out for closer inspection. Three plants were soon at home in a large terracotta pot, positioned in a hot spot on my patio. Since June they've bloomed non

sunshine, skies of Carribean blue and a fading grandeur to the woodlands, I have been looking at individual trees around the place.We have a belt of trees that run up one side of our garden (around the septic tank if you're interested). They are basically

, and stored them in those blue mushroom boxes in the garage. And now some of them are blooming well sprouting and I'm not sure where I've gone wrong! A bit of research (namely Gavin Keir's website) and I think it's partly due to the lack of drying out due