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there are mixtures, as I'm often told these sell best. They're not for me. Their ‘kaleidoscope’ effect is a little brash and lacking in – how can I put this? -  style. I want to choose the colours and theme my pots to create more impact. Planting several pots

How inspired were you on your last visit to a garden centre? Did you leave with a trolley full of plants or empty-handed?My recent comments on this blog certainly generated some interesting responses (thank you - we love hearing your thoughts

water once a week or so, and dunk the whole pot and roots right down for a good soak. They love it, especially when I add the occasional drop of liquid feed.Supermarkets and garden centres sell such wonderful phalaenopsis, and if you pay a little more

down gradually by reducing watering in autumn, then overwinter their tubers to replant next spring.Calla lilies have a tongue-twister of a botanical name: Zantedeschia. They grow from dormant tubers (well I think that's what they are). They need a good

with fresh water - do try to do this when topping up feeders.Any tender plants still left outside will, or should I say won’t be alive now! Even those brought under cover and into an unheated greenhouse will probably have been frosted. That doesn’t mean they

large enough to hold everything.When seedlings had rooted well into their modules I planted them out in rows in May, and they grew really well through summer. They did need regular watering throughout the dry summer we had in the East Midlands

When a letter starts "I must strongly protest at an article written by Adam Pasco…" then I do wonder what I've done wrong.Let me set the scene. You can't find much more of a bird lover than me. Just take a look at my garden, and the way I garden

to cover fences, and are used to divide areas of the garden. I have a greenhouse where I can squeeze in about eight tomato plants, a couple of cucumbers, plus pots of aubergine, sweet peppers and chillies. And pots of strawberries too, as grown outside

their lawn was dead (well, mine did look dead) when I wrote about drought damage in the garden in my July blog, but didn't I tell you it would recover once rain came? Not that I'm feeling smug with my prediction. It's just that plants are great survivors