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://www.crocus.co.uk/ready-made-borders/ A new border with plenty of Sun!! Sounds like a treat. Agree that you should perhaps take your time with the planning. Work on the soil structure first and then go from there. You are right to start with the structural evergreens and any deciduous

Yea, appreciation, at last! I will tell Peter and the boys! I filled my front garden many years ago with shrubs, flowers,dwarf? trees and let it get on with attracting the wildlife and weeds in the few spaces. It teems with birds and insects

although it initially feels as if you are losing some garden, true, it does make life easier in the long run. Trying to trim a hedge whilst not damaging emerging/growing bulbs/plants isnt easy! A mixed hedge eg different plants, evergreen & deciduous could

to encourage bluebells under some deciduous trees in a shady area of the garden but they are being drowned out by cow parsley - what can I do? Hi Glyn.Remove the cow parsley and plant the bluebells 'in the green' about now. Cow parsley is biennial and if you

of light sometimes, unless North facing & surrounded by high walls/fences. A lot of shade tolerant plants are spring flowering, but not all. Think about what grows under trees in a dense wood. You could try painting the fence a pale colour to lighten up

, coreopsis and rudbeckia, that will keep flowering into the autumn. One of the first things you need to find out is how much sun your little yard gets.  Which way does it face?  Where does the sun rise and set?  Are you surrounded by high buildings or trees

and Lavender still in flower, plus new leaves coming on a deciduous Honeysuckle, and all our bulbs (Daffodils, Alliums, Spring Crocus and Dwarf Irises) all sprouting like it's Spring...amazing! The osteospermums I potted up to put in the greenhouse

please tell me if it's time to dig the rye grass into the veg patch. Thank you, Sue I live in South West Wales and my backyard garden faces south. When the weather is good it's a real sun-trap.Last year I bought a small olive tree bearing fruit.It is now

, ferns, jungly plants, carnivorous plants, even humble daisies. I hate all deciduous trees.We are having extreme problems trying to keep leaves out of our garden. After the heavy winds we seem to be filling bag after bag of leaves. Can anyone suggest a

are cheap in autumn. Deciduous plants such as Japanese Maples and Spirea are often sold for a fraction of their price in winter. Bare root plants will also be a fraction of their summer potted friends. Look for larger plants when buying with a view to divide