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winter interest, but can only grow out of a container(s) as the fence is built on a concrete patio. Would also like it to grow fairly quickly. Asking for too much? Any ideas? Thanks so much. you could try winter honeysuckle or winter clematis

Having eventually cleared 5 acres of northfacing slope of Rhodo ponticum and laurel, I now need lots of large spreading plants. I have many camellias and species rhodos but need acreage.  I wondered if the montana clematis would work, also

My camelia is in a large pot and flourishing in everyway with lots of flowers and growing well. However the leaves are gradually going from glossy dark green to rather pale greeny yellow mottled. I realise it is lacking something but please could

H, look at what grows well in nearby gardens. If camellias and rhododendrons thrive, the soil is acidic, while flowering cherries, yew and clematis prefer alkaline soils, such as those on chalk.Testing your soil is quick and easy - simple pH testing kits

perfectly suited to the smaller garden. It has pure white star-shaped (hence the name 'stellata' as in 'constellation') flowers. It grows very slowly and will reach only about 1.5m after 10 years: given perfect conditions it will eventually top out at about

also have very heavy clay soil, but grow hydrangeas, rhododendrons, acers, pieris and camellias all in pots of ericaceous compost.   A fortnightly watering with an ericaceous feed, from about March through to September, keeps them all in good health. I

, too light. The reduced in size border will need digging over, fertiliser, compost or manure added. Then cover with a permeable fabric. Cut holes in it and plant low growing bushy shrubs, such as lavender, spirea Anthony Waterer or one of the golden

that I'd do it in the winter.   Looks like you've got a very health camellia nearby and something growing in that green pot, and food for the birds - my birds are eating me out of house and home at the moment. Lovely part of the world you live in - I

either Not camellia-but a peony Picture 4 Linarias-Toadflax. The thistle I think is Centaurea montana-perennial cornflower Agree with aquilegia, peony and centaurea. I thought pic 4 looked like some sort of currant but there are no fruits I can see so

'Apple Blossom'. It looks a bit like a Camellia to me  Is the foliage glossy? when was it in flower and what shape were the flowers? Maybe Escallonia of some sort Pam x Hello,Thank you for getting back to me. The picture was taken yesterday and after