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them in summer with a feed containing potash and magnesium, for better blooming. Prevent mildew developing on the foliage by watering regularly, directing your hose or watering can at the base of the plants.Feed and mulchSupport old-fashioned shrub

thrives where summers are hot and winters are cold. It's ideal for rock gardens or container displays. Flowers in late-April. Height 20cm.Tulipa linifoliaA sweet-scented and early-flowering variety. Flowers from March to April. Height 10cm.Tulipa humilis

strip club. Sometimes this is passed off as an attempt at topiary, but not often.The flowers do not last long (which is a mixed blessing) and are succeeded by really, really, really boring foliage.I will, if pushed, 'hug a hoodie' or even 'snuggle a

and planting.I've already fished out my seed tin, and have various piles of seeds to sow in month order in the front room. I can’t wait for that steamy, greenhouse scent that will permeate the flat once seed sowing is fully underway. The front room

overcoat that has now infected their foliage in my garden (anyone know any resistant varieties?).With regular deadheading and watering I'm hoping to keep my sweet peas going a little longer, generating ever-welcome cut flowers.For me it's also one

buddleias and roses, somewhere between mid-February and mid-March.Pruning late-flowering clematisCut them back to about 30cm from the ground, leaving two sets of healthy buds. Prune, and prune hard. It will mean removing a great mass of foliage, but nothing

are distinctive in midsummer, before they take on pink tints. Leave flowers after they've died, as they'll continue to look attractive in winter.SedumThis classic late-summer border perennial comes in a wide range of colours, and one or two have variegated foliage