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is planted and scattered the seed of yellow Corydalis which grows very well in shady areas. It's a wild plant and is rampant but is very effective and very colourful in problem areas. I have a shady bank under trees - apart from greenery (ferns, hostas etc

!!! As you can guess, I'm going for total, all out, nucleur attack! Apparently, growing alliums around vulnerable plants also puts them off which is probably why my beetroot and kale are doing well, whilst my french beans are being decimated.  When we moved

yearnings)Once the house has been renovated I would love to make a small allotment area again and grow my own veg. But will I ever be able to with these PESTS. Someone told me to get a couple of cats and rabbits will be deterred from coming into the garden

to feed the birds today & even the start of new buds on the rose I transplanted in November. J. Blue bells are starting to show in my front garden, it's some what sheltered though and they grow by a wall.   In summer here in France plants and roses

of 6 geraniums, supposed to be a mix were all the same ,pink common geranium There have been many complaints about this dreadful comapny over many years.  They often picture plants growing together which do not flower at the same time, their bulbs

spikey plants like Veronica's, agastaches, dwarf delphiniums. A couple of good well chosen hellebores, couple of hostas, Heucheras and a wonderful grass called hackonechloa would be on my list. Carex testacea is lovely olive "grass" that would grow

early show in the spring. I've had snail damage on the leaves of tulips but all other bulbs. especially alliums seem to be immune. To get a sure-fire spectacular display of flowers why not try small shrubs eg. hebes. just grow them large enough

) is late to plant them for flowering,plant for next year. Eh???-bulbs will not keep!!-they need to go in the ground-not sure what you mean? Ok, so I could plant them into pots now, and they will grow but not flower. But they may flower next year

object to that? Well, I guess some folk might.  The invasiveness also varies from garden to garden, I have trouble getting japanese anemones to grow at all, never mind become a problem, whereas my friend a couple of miles away finds them a dreadful pest

. Given that these are wild bees your talking about I am not sure you would be able to do anything to rid the bees of the mites, in managed hives there are various treatments and preventatives for mites which are growing in importance given the huge