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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

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

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

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

Just in case you have been in a surgically induced coma or trekking up hidden valleys amongst deep jungle, I must remind you that this is Chelsea Flower Show week. Garden designers, nurserymen and builders have been beavering away in the grounds

It's RHS Chelsea Flower Show this week: the biggest and most famous show in the world (although Gardeners' World Live at the NEC from 16-20 June 2010 runs pretty close of course!).The tickets sold out very early but for those of you lucky enough

Had a belated birthday party yesterday and lots of people brought cut flowers or flowering houseplants. As I was arranging them this morning and thinking how happy I am to be surrounded by flowers, I wondered if there were any flowers that I wouldn

, not the top and let the comost get dry before you re-water.  A cyclamen will lose its leaves and look dead after flowering I think we are all in agreement here. ,ha ha And to make it easier to find one, it is Cyclamen persicum too. I would place the pot in a

Hampton Court Palace Flower Show is running this week and I have been lucky enough to get a quick preview prior to judging today (Monday).If you are short of time or a little confused by the whole thing (it is after all the largest flower show

I wonder if anyone knows what these plants are.  The stems are about 12 inches long with the flowers hanging down in clusters from the top of the stem.  The flowers are starred and lilac.       I'd love to know too, saw this plant today in a