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blanda prefers a sunny spot, and looks best planted on its own. Soak the corms overnight, then plant them a few inches apart in small groups or in bold drifts. They're reasonably priced, so you don't need to spend much to get maximum impact. Height 15cm

and drifting through the fields with little lambs running around..breathtaking. But in garden borders I find them rather uninspiring. I disagree with Kathleenc - too much garden writing is earnest, but deadly dull. Keep up the excellent work, James. Your

Can anyone advise me what to do with these plants?  I bought 4 small plants on offer  in 3" pots in March.  They were the last leftover in the shop and had flowered for quite some time when bought.  I knew they wouldn't be in flower for much longer

My concern with glyphosate spraying is with chemical drift. The neighbors behind my garden sprayed weed killer on weeds in the turf. Some of it drifted over to my garden and damaged a conifer. It took years for the poor plant to recover. So I

spaces between shrubs with lots of cosmos....I have done a new border and planted white cosmos in drifts. I grow astrantias but in areas where the soil is rich and they are fantastic but Mediterranean type plants are ones to go for I think.. Because

that once planted, a bamboo will spread like a forest fire and forcibly colonise great chunks of garden. The truth is, as with all things in gardening, that if you choose the wrong plant for your situation then you are setting yourself up for tears

much full sun.  In the past I have planted them in shade but they've not survived the very harsh winters.  Growing them from seed is something I have never managed to achieve so I've given up buying expensive seeds.  My dream of a huge drift

. Flowers in March and April.'Spellbinder'If you want a classic daff with bright, golden trumpets and a delicate scent, then 'Dutch Master' is for you. It's perfect for Easter vases, growing 45cm tall and flowering in April. Plant in drifts to break up

. Gooseberry fool in June, summer pudding in July, made from freshly picked blackcurrants and raspberries, pears in September dripping honeysweet on your fingers - you get my drift. Nothing is more delicious than ripe fruit at the right time and place. I

of Ribes odorata now as that is what brought a lovely pair of visitors to the Bot, garden over to ask me what plant was giving off the wonderful smell and we found we had a mutual friend whom they had not seen since Oxford days. Smells are very, very