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I'd like to get a couple of plants for either side of my front door.  It faces south east but is quite shady because of various bushes and several large trees. Can any of you lovely people suggest something? Many thanks Couple of conifers like Taxus

want to put in some new hazel trees, it's also right next to the new veggie patch so I'm a bit concerned about using anything chemical on it... I'm guessing the old fashioned dig the little monkies out is probably the only option, so any hint's and top

Autumn leaves are mainly broken down by the slow action of fungi rather than by bacteria that decompose other compost bin ingredients quickly, so it's best to compost them separately in a simple cage.The leaves of all deciduous trees make good leaf

posted to soon>>> we are a small nursing home with 2 raised beds 8ft x 6ft, can anyone tell me what to plant in them please .i want something that will have colour all year round, plants that are perenial and easy to look after, we dont want trees

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

 left the cut branches lying on the ground to keep cats away. A year later they had rooted! I agree.    Holly is fairly slow-growing, so ideal for a pot and has the benefit of being evergreen. I use holly prunings to put in a tub of spring bulbs.   It helps

Can anyone help me with planting ideas for a difficult border.  The border is facing North East, is backed by a height 6ft wall and is about 12 foot with a depth of 5 foot .  I have planted shrubs and trees along the wall, some of which

tree on street outside and I found small roots from that when I dug out to plant hedge. Anyone have any ideas?  Tried to attach photo but it said it was too big!?  Don't know how to make it smaller. If it is only old leaves falling there is no problem

as cut flowers). I saw them at the base of street trees, gleefully mixed in with bright chrysanthemums and lipstick-pink cyclamen. Not  a very conventional mixture but certainly striking.There are variations: this one has a good solid evergreen box edge

that are being groomed - already -  for displays at next year's RHS Flower Shows.Herbs are one of the few things that can be used the whole way through the winter. A pot of rosemary, some mint (Egyptian mint is, apparently, the most evergreen) and a bay tree