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Lift dahlia tubers or protect those left in the ground with a thick mulch of straw or barkSow sweet peas now for bigger, earlier blooms next yearCollect seeds and berries from shrubs and flowering plants that you want to propagateEmpty and clean out

Reply to R. W. Gellatly. You probably have the brown or soft scale, Parthenolecanium corni. It usually doesn't do much harm, and because it's the same colour as the stems it is easily overlooked. [...] There's a good picture on the BBC Gardeners

stripes with age. It rarely flowers, but may produce beautiful pink, puffball blooms. Albizia julibrissin grows to a height of 12m.Albizia julibrissinThe paper-bark maple is a slow-growing small tree with dark green leaves that turn a rich, crimson colour

with annuals, perennials, etc. using a mixture of spikey grasses, foliage plants like hostas, Heucheras, and annuals for summer colour.   I dont like bark as a mulch.  It blows around and it harbours pests

strawberry, or even a Hobnob. It is, however, evergreen and has fine cinnamon-coloured bark. In this picture you can just see the white hanging bell flowers as well. (Apparently the name comes from unum tantum edo, which means 'eat only one' in Latin

, white bark will develop as it matures.The heuchera will throw up pretty little flowers in spring, but for extra colour dot some cheerful primroses around the base.More advice on growing treesGrowing an acer in a pot.Planting a small tree.Training a

and attract moss.Other garden items you can make yourselfBee hotelCone hanging basketTin can lanternsGreen roof for your bird tableBrowse trees with colourful barkView a variety of a deciduous trees

Hi, I've planted 3 Silver Birches at the bottom of my garden a few months back. They are approx 7ft young trees still reddy brown in colour. 1 of them has seeded and now growing small leaves and foliage but 2 remain dormant. Could this be due

't have many wild birds!  (or cats for that matter) Hi - I think it's an American "thing" - my D lives in the US so I've seen the bark mulch everywhere there too, sometimes in really strong colours.  It does always look tidy!  I wonder whether it's treated

them neat, then shred and compost the clippingsTop up compost or bark mulches around heathersHoe and hand weed bordersAround the gardenSummer prune wisteriaWater hydrangea bushes Take clematis cuttings or layer new shootsFlowersShorten sideshoots