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that it is super in reallly difficult dry places - previously I got some very sharp notes about it when I mentioned it.  I've not tried alliums where it grows because it is so dreadfully dry, and I don't want the elder to escape - but the geranium phaeum grows

for butterflies and bees. I am a absolute beginner at growing any kind of anything, my mum recently gave me some iceberg lettace to plant up, they were doing really well but now I notice the bottom leaves are going really soft and when I lifted them found little

grow Marco here in Edinburgh. I plant in October and lift in early June. They do look a bit pathetic as plants. Marco has a tendency to send out flower spikes, you can cut these and use them in stir-fries and salads. Keep the biggest cloves you harvest

when i need to plant them out, in the garden,or do i need to put them in pots first for the winter months, and then plant out in the spring, ISN'T THE POLMORPHA PERSICARIA SOMETHING ELSE. HERE IN CORNWALL, ONT. CANADA IT GROWS SO GREAT. I HAVE ONE FOR A

some ideas for things thata might not have come naturally.  Mine are: bergenia, because its huge evergreen leaves show everything nearby off brilliantly (and snails eat my hostas). You do need huge clumps though. hardy geraniums, because they grow

James :)Keep the great articles coming, please! how to grow pinks carnations better Relating to the missing planting of tulips and alliums. I experience similar problem. In my case, I wait for the opportunity to plant (if tulip are planted later

the soil. Here's advice from the British  Clematis Society  http://www.britishclematis.org.uk/Planting.htm   I have bought allium bulbs from morrisons. Did really well and flowered same year. Have started growing again tnis year. Good value I thought

empty them out and replant in new compost? I would like to keep them in long toms because I have very heavey water holding clay soil and a lot of bulbs have rotted off, only bulbs that grow well in it are the pineapple lillies which I have quite a few

in the greenhouse in case of failure! Here in the Midlands we have had some torrential downpours as well as the wind.I came down yesterday morning to find 5 of my Alliums(purple sensation) has been decapitated. I also have a plastic greenhouse but my husband has

.  If you're not sure, google the plant name, that's saved me some expensive mistakes!  Things that grow from bulbs or corms will normally come up every year, make sure you give them a good feed at least once a week (twice is better), and when you plant