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close second only to roses, according to a recent survey of florists. And as with any 'easy-to-grow' plant, it divides gardeners in the same way that gladioli, dahlias and many others do.Horticultural snobs may give them a wide berth as they search out

perfectly in a rustic bowl of mixed leaves. Or try bittercress, that ubiquitous weed that seems to arrive as a 'free sample' with many garden centre purchases.So, whether you want delicate viola flowers in a salad or would like to try crystallising rose

have been precisely cut from leaves. Roses are favourites but this year our bee is also using a neighbouring golden leaf jasmine. Over the course of a few days the bee travels back and forth so many times it makes your head spin, filling up each hollow

... round shrubs, roses and flowers, along the base of the hedge, around fruit trees and bushes, and over the veg plot. Beans get a good, deep mulch of compost to help conserve soil moisture, too, but it's not just water retention that mulching is good for

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

surprised by the announcement. "A real shame to see Toby go," wrote Aaron Abbott. "He is my kind of gardener.""Why the sudden change?" asked Joe Rose. "I was just getting used to Toby and I enjoyed his style of presenting. Does this mean that the money