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've grown something unique, but there are many lovely varieties to choose from. Just to whet your appetite why not try growing:Tulipa 'Belicia', with double flowers that change colour from lemon edged crimson to white with red edges.T. 'Candy Club

in colourful mixtures, but I love growing varieties in a single colour. 'Candy Stripe' has white flowers with a pink, picotee edge, while bicoloured 'Daydream' has a deeper rose-pink centre, fading to white at the edges. For reds try 'Pied Piper Red' or the new

the initial dose of lawn chemical in the wheeled applicator far too high. It wasn't until a day or two later that a particularly dark stripe started appearing. And of course this wasn't out of sight at the edge, but right down the middle of the lawn! I tried

until late autumn. Late populations of our native butterflies should then be in good condition to search out sheltered sites to overwinter. Last autumn I was intrigued to watch a tortoiseshell butterfly land on a neighbour's roof, then quickly edge its

pustules on yellowing leaves. Rose rust doesn't kill roses, but it does take the edge off an otherwise glorious display.And this is where I'm pulled in two opposing directions. Do I maintain health and vigour, and spray regularly with fungicides to keep my

Chrysanthemum 'Bright Eyes', boasting golden discs with a black centre, perfect for cut flowers. I love cosmos, and Johnsons's new 'Peppermint Rock' produces white flowers with pink picotee edges on tall stems. Glorious.That beautiful striped squash in Dobies

not protect have become the inevitable slug food!With this success behind me I'm now going to explore how to protect raised beds of lettuce and salad leaves from slugs. If I begin with a slug-free bed, then attach a copper band round the timber edges, perhaps

-white stripes down the edges of green strap-like leaves. Like so many summer bulbs, tulbaghia is a native of South Africa. This means it isn’t completely hardy, so is best grown in pots and provided with some winter protection.Eucomis originate in South Africa

if you have a family to feed.I don't have the luxury of a large allotment, so I'm keen to grow as much as I can in my garden. It's probably larger than average, but then gardening is my passion, and my job!Fruit trees and cane fruits grow around the edges

surround my beds with timber edges so the soil surface can be raised by the action of digging and adding organic matter. These raised beds drain more quickly after heavy rain and keep plant roots above the water-saturated ground below. Raised beds also warm