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Please can anyone suggest a small tree, shrub  (maybe 3'-4' ) to be grown in a container. I would like colour year round. The garden is south facing.. Thank you. Do you like formal or informal? If formal you can grow box clipped into various shapes

I have a tiny inner city garden, split into 4 sections. I want something evergreen for one of the sections, shoud I think hedge, or will I lose too much plantintg space? Area is approx 7ft x 5ft, triangular. Whole garden faces directly North / South

Keep baskets and patio pots wateredSpray roses to protect them from pests and diseasesCut the foliage of daffodils and tulips down to the groundTrim box topiary and formal edging to keep it neat and tidyTake cuttings of non-flowering new shoots from

garden and cant decide if no structured formality is better or will look silly.. i try to go for more natural look and let plants seed themselves where ever normally in othe beds.. but i am not sure about the path.. to add some height (and as to windy

I've had another thought about small trees. For a more formal look you should consider the classic topiary trees - a short list would include yews, box, beech, limes and holm oaks. All of them are terribly amenable and happy to be chopped and pruned

really want all that lawn?-it looks very formal  and sticks to the formula of virtually straight lines with small surrounding borders If you want more cottage style plants and a cottage garden look to encourage wildlife-you are going to need more beds

Hi everyone Just in process of purchasing more land to make my garden longer.  The idea is to separate the new part from the old (like rooms) my problem is i dont know what to separate it with.  Needs to be at least 6ft high to give privacy. Looked

to get in and out of those vertical sided formal pools.I once had the distressing experience of watching a blackbird drown in the enclosed pools at Kensington Gardens.Were the cameras just missing these essential features? It's so important for designers

Hello. I would be grateful for some advice please. Being very interested in the historical background to garden design, I am creating a parterre using box plants. They have been in position now approximately three years but vary in height and depth

't be simpler or cheaper to create. Just use Christmas tree branches trimmed from the base of a tree, greenery gathered from your garden and a set of lights. We used pittosporum, miscanthus, ivy seed heads and a couple of phormium leaves.DecemberWinteran hour