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Wildlife and the Chelsea Flower Show

On 24/05/2013 in Wildlife

per cent. Numbers of red squirrels continue to fall, and the hedgehog is declining at the same rate as the tiger. Overall, 60 per cent of the species assessed are in trouble.The report coincides with the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, which celebrates its


What is this brown leaved plant with yellow flower

On 23/07/2012 in forum

Hello, does anyone know what this perennial plant is please?  It forms a clump similar to Phlox and has chocolate coloured deep veined leaves with very delicate yellow flowers.  Many thanks. Is it Lysimachia? Not sure it's lysimachia. I have


Can you give me some advice on Passion Flowers?

On 08/05/2012 in forum

Can anyone give me advice on passion flowers? I didn't cut it back and at the mo it looks pretty sad. Should I cut it back and see if it climbs again and treat it like my Clematis??? Could it just be the cold? Can I feed it? What's best? Hi Max, I


Hampton Court Palace Flower Show

On 05/07/2010 in Gardeners' musings

Today begins the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, which is held in the grounds of one of the very finest royal palaces, resonant with history. It is also the biggest flower show in the world. I know this because I've read the Royal Horticultural


Growing your own cut flowers

On 26/03/2009 in Plants

Growing your own cut flowers is pure luxury, but it's also a great way to save money. I love to have flowers in the house and come late-winter I feel I almost need some spring cheer to help me ward off symptoms of SAD.Cut flowers also remind me


Using plastic non heated propagators for flower seeds

On 17/03/2013 in forum

answered it perfectly. Thankyou ! I have about 30 plastic propegators with flower seeds in them, sitting in our dining room, south facing infront of the patio doors. The last three years running I put the propegators directly into my three plastic walk


Chelsea Flower Show: back to earth

On 30/05/2008 in Unassigned

We're home after a wonderful 10 days at the Chelsea Flower Show. It was even better than I expected. The herbs performed magnificently and they looked wonderful all week, which was especially good for those who visited our stand on Saturday. I


Chelsea Flower Show: judgement day

On 20/05/2008 in Unassigned

We finally made it to the Chelsea Flower Show. Everything has arrived and looks fantastic. However it's been a fraught few days and I'm still very nervous.The final week before Chelsea is always very stressful. I've been worried something


Prunus Kanzan (flowering cherry) going brown

On 02/08/2012 in forum

Hi, I'd really appreciate some advice about why the leaves on my flowering cherry are dropping, going brown and dying off in August. It's just over a year old. No sign of insects, though I did kill an ant infestation about 2 months ago (with B


Can anybody tell us what these flowers are

On 07/08/2012 in forum

Erigeron karvinskianus, a very good self-seeder too. Hi there !! Not sure, but wonder if they are a type of erigeron - fleabane - annual or perennial. We have a perennial erigeron with flowers that look like the darker pink ones in the photo. I'm sure I


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