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My Daffodills have all come up, I planted them in groups in 2009. I have fed them and loved them and spoken to them nicely, left them to die down before removing their leaves, but in each group only a couple of them have flowered and I have got

'm afraid that's the reason I'm only getting flowers at the top of the plant.  I'm planning on repotting them this year; does anyone know whether I can plant them deeply now, or can this only be done to new plants? Thanks for your help I ave read that when

My daughter has asked me to provide some bright flowers in 3 inch pots for her wedding.  It's at the end of June, so June/July flowering. She wants 150 or so (doesn't ask much does she?) so I know I'll have to plant/sow about 400 pots to get 150

Hi Please can you advise on a very healthy wistria 8 years old and not one flower- ever.  Pruned 1 year as per the experts -near to the ground but that didn't work either.   Well-fed in spring, and in large trough and plenty of sun and shelter

There are nine weeks to go to the Chelsea Flower Show and we are beginning to feel the pressure. We are in the final stages of potting up the herbs into their final containers. I have noticed that some of the plants are rushing into flower early

New flower varieties are introduced every year, and we feature many exciting ones in Gardeners' World Magazine. I've been trialling some new ones ahead of their launch for 2013, including a striking free-branching dwarf sunflower called 'Solar Flash

While the large flower shows are pretty mind-blowing, it's the local flower shows that get me excited about growing plants and vegetables. Many towns and villages have horticultural societies or gardening clubs, which hold at least one flower show a

Hello I planted lots of tulips and daffodil’s last year, and they have come up and now I have some questions. 1. What should you do when the flowers die?  (do they need digging up etc) 2. Is there any way of preventing daffodils flowers collapsing

the snow settled on the floods!All this and it is a mere 16 weeks before we are on site, and 12 weeks before the gardens are built at the Chelsea Flower Show. I always find it a miracle that the plants are ready for the show. It's as if the plants know

This week is the Chelsea Flower Show 2008 and by the time you read this the medals will have been awarded. All over the showground will be the scattered remnants of exhausted gardeners and nurserymen. Some will be elated, some tearful, some angry