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Captivating containersContainers offer the gardener great versatility, and are a fantastic way to experiment with planting and design.Container planting recipesGardening with containers is something I've always enjoyed. They provide some of the most

is the january\february season of hill walking and berry picking with the amazing finnaly of collective gigling.. This is beutifull tree that some times resembles a large bosai, very exotic looking. I love silver birch and want to plant them in my small garden

overwintered well, and devoured all my early comfrey plants. They look very exotic in their black and red flying round in the day time! I found the hindwing of a Jersey Tiger on my patio 12th Aug. adj. to my moth trap which was running a UV light the previous

and courgette plants are extremely productive, so you'll harvest generous amounts from a smallish space. Salad leaf seeds are another good investment, as they grow fast and give useful crops from the tiniest patch, or a container.Early and late crops are another

September I planted it in a shady spot in the garden and it continued to thrive. Sadly the leaves gradually turned brown and hard when the temperature hit minus 16 celsius, even though I covered it with a bell cloche. I finally got round to putting

question. Can anyone suggest 10 plants that are noted for NEEDING shelter. Ideally not ornamental.Thanks SMB can you tell me where i can buy the lofos as plug plants? many thanks i am trying to find out whereto buy the spraycraversthat keeps pidgeons

. My apples tree and my very large olive tree which is hundreds of years old and planted in the garden have both developed a yellow type fungus which looks a bit like lentils. The apple tree is in blossom but the olive tree lost all it's leaves during

are looking for is Hibiscus which is a tender perennial with larger more exotic flowers than the tree mallow-all from the same family So can go outside but is not frost hardy-does need warmth to flower Plants should be readily available around March/ April

was thrilled by the vegetable and herb plantings outside the Palm house. What an improvement on the usual bedding. The temptation to pick some of the peppers, especially the black ones, was only just resisted and I am definitely going to grow some of the exotic

lovely idea, let us know how it goes I love this locally grown plants shrubs and tree's lets hope more people love our native species, shame we haven't our native squirrels instead of these North American grey intelopers that destroy everything