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of horticultural grit or sand.Arrange the plants in the pot in any order you like. Top up with compost, firming it around the roots with your fingers. Stand the pot somewhere in full sun.Neither the serrated lavender nor the woolly thyme is fully hardy, so

nigrescensLarge, glazed containerCrocksPebbles or gravelLoam-based compostChoose a container that suits the shape of your plant and put crocks in the base for drainage.Add a layer of pebbles or gravel to improve drainage and add weight in order to stabilise

plants for sale at garden centres or by mail order, offering everything from delicious cherry types to beefy cooking toms - the choice is yours. Plant tagetes with your tomatoesScoop out floating pond weed and algae from poolsHoe bare soil and hand weed

of leaf edges, roots damaged, plant suddenly wilts and dies.Go out at night with a torch and pick off the adults. To kill the larvae, in August/early September treat the compost with a predatory nematode, which is sold by mail order.Few insecticides

Sometimes plants do the strangest things, and some of these could make you a small fortune. One of the first dahlia blooms to open in my garden has put on more of a show than expected by producing a flower head with two faces! It looks as if two

Who could ever produce enough compost for all their needs? I remember watching the late Geoff Hamilton at Barnsdale week after week on Gardeners' World, using countless buckets of beautiful home-made compost. Every planting hole was filled

Fruit & vegPlant strawberry runners in hanging basketsOrder seedlings and bedding plants from suppliersSow dwarf French beans in a large pot Greenhouse15 minutesLearn how to give your mower a regular service

One of the best looking plants in my garden this week is the Pokeweed or Phytolacca americana. It is always interesting when plants that are noxious weeds in some parts of the world are regarded as something interesting and unusual in others

Knowing exactly how to care for plants is a matter of judgement and experience. Many plants need treating with tender loving care, but others can benefit from 'mean' treatment.Take my agapanthus. In their 'youth' agapanthus produce leaves and shoots

, and plants, and...oh dear. I've just realised how much this lot adds up to! There's only one thing for it...fill out the order forms and sneak out to the post box while everyone is engrossed in the TV. Job done. Now I can't wait for those dreams to become a