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or outside, but require support and need their side shoots pinching out regularly.Plant growth and habit is only one characteristic, as fruit quantity, size, colour, quality and flavour are far more important. Now we get down to the nitty-gritty of choosing

Looks superb, Kate, and remember, before roof tiles the rain was kept out of our dwellings by sempervivums and sedums growing in the sod roofs, and what glorious colours you can get in these. I'm sorry to say that's not the roof happymarion! Mine

though? I guess you could be lucky and produce a new colour from seed but it will still need grafting, quite possible but it needs a great deal of patience and is a big gamble in time.Keep growingBarry I'm a novice Wisteria grower. I bought 2 6ft ones

Hi, have a sambucus black lace -  have read different sites, some say it should be cut back hard now to encourage thicker growth and to keep it controllable others say to prune/cut back after flowering - any ideas please? mine is about two years old

the plants had been attacked by what looked like downy mildrew, brown spots. It was even on my holly. I sprayed with fungus Fighter. A month later I noticed that all the new growth was healthy, and then the penny dropped. I asked my neighbour if he had used

that have been there all winter....cut them down today to allow new growth. hordeum jubatum has shades of pink, purple, beige and sways over the static perennials alongside. Try one busy lizzie and you I'll be hooked. My garden is full of evergreen

bush next Spring? As to pruning; it is best practice to cut out one-third of the branches after they have flowered each year, then you will have a sucession of healthy new growth each season. I agree with Welshonion, I'm afraid.  Forsythia is prone to a

Can anyone advise me of a suitable small &slow growing conifer for pots, which will regrow from brown wood after pruning / frost damage .? I doubt that such a conifer exists-if it has gone brown it is like to regenerate green growth

, removed a few yellowing leaves and put pebbles around the top, trimed the ivy and now they look great they even have little palms coming around the edge of the tubs. Can these be removed at at any size or time of the year? the new growth in the center

. In my new garden I've planted her along with Buff Beauty, and once again she is outshining her sister, with generous flowers and vigorous growth. BB is quite happy, just not as vigorous. On last nights programme Monty planted sweet peas, maybe I missed