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of the day. I have considered planting it up with a variety of ferns, hostas and mahonia giving it an exotic style look combined with a shrubbery. Would these plants be ok in this sort of position and has anybody got any other suggestions to add a bit

. If they were a rare exotic everyone would want them. Hmm. I'm sure someone thought Japanese knotweed and Himalayan balsam were a good idea too.  Fields of buttercups opposite our house look lovely. I'm with you on that KEF. Been slowly ridding the garden

absolutely fabulous, really tropical and exotic.  So I would say:  if you can, and if you live in the south, plant it outside now;  if not, then make sure it has a really big pot and lots and lots of rich compost.  Add plant food.  Add a stake.  Give it light

on the island has a garden open to the public which has some fantastic trees and rare shrubs (including good collections of Olearias - particularly the exotically named phlogopappa and Rhododendrons). One part of the garden is called the Lighthouse garden

When I was a child pumpkins were alien and exotic. I read about them in the Peanuts cartoon, in which Linus spent long nights in the pumpkin patch at Halloween, waiting in vain for ‘The Great Pumpkin’. It never came.As the American version

slowly, keeping your basket well fed.More ideas and advice for growing exoticsFollow Sarah Raven's video advice on caring for orchids.Learn how to check banana plants for frost damage with Sarah Raven's advice.Discover how to grow a peanut plant

SchizostylisExotic, elegant, yet eminently adaptable, it's time the overlooked schizostylis took a leading role in our gardens.Schizostylis coccinea flowers from late-summer until the first frosts. It has dainty and delicate stems and flowers

gives advice on growing exotics from seedGrowing cyclamen from seedPropagating from seeds and berriesBrowse a variety of dahliasChoose spring flowering bulbs

, and if they are near you try Lidl or Wilkinson, they are very cheap unlike others, two quid for basics. As for T&M always had trouble germinating any off their exotics or Hellebore seeds! I always buy my sweet peas from Kings seeds as I too like to support local

on our native habitats, and the desire of people to do something practical about this, which they can do, by giving a home to nature in their own gardens. Our ecology is in dire straits now because of the preference for exotic plants and chemical