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unique features. Plants can be pollinated in pots in coldframes or unheated greenhouses, or outside in the open garden. It is warmer work when done in the greenhouse, but pollinated flowers are more prone to rotting when indoors. Hellebore plants

and flavour is 'Jermor'. This is also a French variety but unlike the 'Hative de Niort', 'Jermor' has a 'longue' shape with good storage life. If it's too cold outside and you have a cold greenhouse or cold frame, you can start shallots off now in 8cm plastic

today, nearly 150 years later."I have known one make its way habitually through a zinc pipe into a green-house, and do much service there by picking aphides from the slender stalks of herbaceous plants, which bent into the form of an arch under even its

and is tangier tasting than the dried version. If you have a greenhouse you can grow it in a pot, it will form buds pretty quickly and provide you with a harvest the following year. You can also grow turmeric indoors as a house plant. Plant tubers under cover

the programme works best when it is honest and true and does not try to patronize the viewer by faking things.""We will not be building any fancy greenhouses or sheds or buying expensive, huge plants. As much as possible will be propagated [...] if something

for growing in the greenhouse. Plant in large containers and water well.Unusual fruit varietiesBanana 'Dwarf Cavendish'This is the hardiest, most reliable and heaviest cropping fig in northern Europe.Fig 'Brown Turkey'A high yielding outdoor variety that also

, as they don't need supporting and their side shoots do not require pricking out. Bush tomatoes grow well in a hanging basket or pot, both in a greenhouse and outdoors.Bush tomato 'Gartenperle'Potatoes may be grown in a container or in the ground. Early

such as peppers, chillies and aubergines do best in a greenhouse, they'll grow well in tubs on a sunny, sheltered patio.Learn more about growing four money-saving veg crops, below.This trendy veg is a great bet as you can rarely buy it in the shops. cook

of gritty, well-drained compost and keep in a cold greenhouse. Height 10cm.Tecophilaea cyanocrocusAs a species, Ipheion uniflorum can look a bit wishy-washy, but 'Wisley Blue' is very pretty. Its flowers are like big, upward-facing blue stars. Plant it among