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-made ones.This was no news to me. I've been trying to attract bumblebees to nest in my garden for years. My bumblebee nester has made a great home for spiders, but no bumblebees have ever shown interest. I even added some mouse litter from the local pet shop

ready for the council to come and collect. On some of the leaves were ladybird pupae, while spiders spun new webs in the wreckage. There may also have been chrysalises of the holly blue butterfly, whose caterpillars feed on ivy in summer. They

magazine and web teams. Kevin lamented: "flowers that are labelled as 'salmon' in colour are always hideous". I couldn't agree more. Google Geranium 'Salmon Princess' for a treat.Abigail doesn't like pieris; Vic hates spider plants, although she concedes

).It's not just my friends, I once viewed a flat and the prospective landlady pulled out a dead tomato plant that had been growing on her window sill, asking me why it hadn't fruited. From what I could tell it was a cordon type and was planted in a 10cm diameter

foliage and ensure pots aren't placed too closely together. Dead foliage can lead to the onset of disease, while closely growing plants prevent airflow between them, providing the perfect conditions for diseases and infestations of blackfly and red spider