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Flower free camelia

On 23/02/2013 in forum

's supposed to be an early flowering variety. The leaves are green and glossy though. This will be it's third year. I thought maybe it needed to mature before flowering, but thinking back it had blossoms on when I bought it. Any advice will be very gratefully


Laurel...

On 05/06/2012 in forum

. Perfectly understandable sir! I have two on-purpose Laurel in my garden because I love them for their glossy evergreen leaves, their support of wildlife big and small and the fact they make fast growing privacy and structure in a garden. I prune them


Mystery Plant

On 03/01/2013 in forum

and has better cold resistance and narrower leaves. They are deep green and glossy but emerge dark burgundy red in the spring. Before autumn some portion of older foliage inside the plant gains bright carmine red and orange colour. In the autumn the leaves


Climbing Roses

On 03/03/2013 in forum

Compassion, disease resistant,  large pink flowers, good fragrance, and lovely glossy foliage.   .   This site http://www.classicroses.co.uk/products/roses/ has a really good search facilitiy down the left hand side - put in the sort of thing you're looking


Suggestions for a bit of privacy...

On 30/06/2012 in forum

to you.What colour do you like? purple, silver green lime foliage even variagated. Does it flower and when. Do you want to encourage wild life/birds, so look for berries and leaves all year. Scented or not. Ask gardeners at these places any questions you


Talkback: Most hated plants

On 05/06/2012 in forum

change and develop as you garden for longer - I used to hate mahonias but inherited one in my garden and now really appreciate its glossy foliage, berries and bright flowers in winter. I loathe alstroemerias though - they just look wrong in English


Talkback: Growing tomatoes

On 28/11/2011 in forum

garden and they seem to be growing nicely. The previous postings have been helpful but I never know which leaves to discard in order to improve the tomato. At what stage do I 'nip-off' the top growth foliage? please advise on the correct pot size when


Maytenus boaria

On 05/10/2012 in plants


Acer truncatum Shantung maple

On 05/10/2012 in plants


How to plant box

On 19/07/2011 in Projects: Video projects

Learn how to add evergreen interest and structure to a border using box plants, by following Monty's video demonstration, with tips on planting techniques and soil preparation.spring or autumnMore advice on caring for box plantsHow to shape box topiaryPlanting up a Christmas pot ...


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