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are 'creative, colourful and convenient'. In other words, they'd like us all to buy and plant more of these valuable evergreen shrubs.I find it surprising that while most of us love seasonal colour in our gardens, and invest a great deal of time and money in pot

to describe the effect. So box and yew are definitely off the menu as are laurels and pretty much every evergreen shrub apart from some conifers.Hmm, further thought is called for but, in the meantime, I don’t want to hear any of you complaining about snow

pink flowers in shade, even right in among the roots of mature trees.Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiae (wood spurge)This is a really good, spreading ground cover for dark areas. It is evergreen, with acid-greenish-yellow bracts, which really light up

mould. Small thin leaves such as birch break down fairly quickly, while large leathery ones such as chestnut benefit from being shredded first. Evergreen leaves and conifer needles take far longer to rot and should not be included in great quantities

A few weeks ago I wrote about trees for small gardens. Among the comments (well, to be honest, 33% of the comments) was a request from Daphne for very, very small trees - "very small being up to three metres".Tricky. Three metres is barely a shrub

of leaves. Plants will bloom again next spring.AdamChoose a position in full sun, where the iris flowers will show up against a plain background – an evergreen shrub, hedge, brick wall or painted fence are ideal.Weed regularly by hand, to stop them taking