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) and it was surprising how much difference it made. Not just to make it look brighter but the plants also seemed to benefit as well and grew much better than previously. If there's a fence or wall behind you can try painting it with white/pale colours. Some evergreen

HI My son has just moved into a new duplex witch has a lovely big terrace but is completly bare of any planting . advice sought on suitable evergreen shrubs/plants but most important ones that will not attract to many BEES he is terrified of them

I bought twelve root balled laurels approx 6 weeks ago to make a hedge.The soil around the root was so solid due to the cold weather ,I carefully removed the hard soil, planting the bare roots in good shrub compost. For a week the plants looked

.  As will "spikes" like delphiniums, agastaches, veronicastrums, verbena bonariensis. Evergreen shrubs like choisya...mounded scented ..mahonia for architectural shape and winter colour and berberis Darwinii for rich orange flowers right now. A mixture

be sheltering slugs and snailsAround the gardenCollect seed from allium and sow straight awayPlant evergreen shrubs and conifer hedgesCarefully dig up gladioli corms FlowersKeep harvesting root veg such as beetroot and carrotsOrder fruit trees and bushes

. So a mini climber or evergreen shrub or perennial but defo something that will thrive in a pot Thanks Well if it is showy you want, did you see this. http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/plants/hanging-basket-trial/3576.html The planter box

Hello I know this is rather a long shot, but  can anybody identify the twig below.  The tree/shrub it was attached to was growing in my parents garden until recently (it blew down!) and they would like to replace it.  The tree (?) was about 6m tall

I have an exposed back corner , full sun, wind and would like to plant a shrub possibly in the back corner for height . I have a yellow dogwood in there a red and yellow broom against the neighbours fence , hawthorn at back fence/field which i hate

into sheltered accommodation and I never got to ask him what it was.  It's about 3ft tall now  after about 4 years hope someone can enlighten Mrs Betty         I believe it is Trochodendron  aralioides. A beautiful   interesting glossy leaved  evergreen shrub

to look at. I have discovered that they don't like Lavender, Pieris and Bay trees, plus some other unidentified evergreen shrub that I have had in pots for years plus I have a hedge of Escallonia that they don't seem interested in.Has anyone got  any other