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the neighbourhood cats digging up my beds and uprooting some of the young srubs and breaking the heads off the bulbs, lol. One which is easily obtained and flowers early, usually from Dec. in Bristol, is Galanthus elwesii - no yellow markings but grey-green large

bed at all?  I've seen one but it's rather pricey.  Thanks in advance for any ideas x Hope somebody answers this as I have exactly the same questions......Help!...Please!  Haven't got used to the site yet Tootles but presumably we can ask one

, Honeysuckle or perrenial wallflowers. My bedding plants are a different story !! My Grandad has this method of slug control....Buy 4 whole garlics...crush all cloves into a bucket add skins as well   fill with water and leave to infuse overnight

have huge problems with bright orange and acid yellows but I'm learning to use the orange spectrum as long as it's got burnt or russet tones in it.   I've just planted up a bed with orange geums, potentillas, rudbeckia and heleniums with tawny irises

have hardly any apples this year.  One tree has three apples on it and I check every day to see if they are still there!    The only plants seem to be doing anything in my garden,just manage to get a photo before the rain comes back and destroys them

could grow them outside with minimal protection in winter or if you lived further north in a very sheltered garden or conservatory  . Derek I fancy an olive. I had an olive once - it died. Probably not the plant's fault. I gave an olive tree to some

of the garden rotavated to plant pumpkins, marrows and winter veg, a raised bed for lots of summer produce plus toms, chilies and peppers will let to know if all succeed. Hi everyone, can anyone tell me the best way to grow peppers as i have only just started

. In the e end the plants were rotting because of the humidity. I will do the same this year. am trying this year to over winter my dorset naga and scotch bonnet plants, not going to hold my breath though!! the main problem ive had this year with my chillies

are shallow, so pop up in lawns- easy to trim every time it's cut- & in my case a greenhouse bed! If your soil is clay then I'd certainly find out as much as possible re the root habits/spread of anything being planted fairly close to property- yours

and yards of sunflowers that were left to do as they wish, and made and planted up lovely beds and borders,built a new gardening shed and a poly tunnel in short we have spent a lot of money done a lot of hard work in the garden, hence why the thistle wasn