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Queen Mother. Olga, the new head gardener, is just coming to terms with such an exposed garden, designed in part to provide cut flowers and produce for the house. Tall walls and dividing hedges are essential to create shelter, and new planting projects

seems divided between people who are regular, habit followers who tend to stick to a plan, and  those who have bursts of creative energy followed by periods of rest, who thrive on spontaneity. There is nothing wrong with either model, but it would seem

an allotment or know anyone who grows good quality artichokes, the best things to do is to ask them for an offset, which is the only way of ensuring an exact same copy.Dividing artichoke plants is easy - just take a sharp spade and splice down one

.I'd decided to leave all the seedlings emerging in the borders to see what they'd turn into. Trees, mostly. So I'll be removing them, along with some plants I'm donating to some friends, and adding nicer ones I recently dug up and divided from my mum's garden

herbaceous perennials, and seed-sown annuals. Perennial displays can be created from lifting and dividing established plants from borders (no such luck for me, at the moment), while bedding staples, such as French and pot marigolds, salvia, bidens, lobelia

More information on plants for small gardensDividing snowdropsHand-pollinating helleboresPlanting out lettucesGrowing wildlife-friendly plants

, its bare stems become its main attraction. Here are David's recommendations for small trees that will look great from January to December.This small tree provides year-round interest with finely divided leaves and dark green-grey bark that develops

sun-loving alpines, placing the bulbs close together, about 8cm deep, in a sunny position. You'll soon be able to divide the clumps. Height 20cm.Ipheion uniflorum 'Wisley Blue'Easy to grow, this grape hyacinth has charming conical heads of palest blue