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shrub in background is camellia7. Looks dead, maybe a dried out Azalea8. Bay9. Mahonia10. Hydrangea11. Cotoneaster?? Escallonia?12. Cornus13. Vinca14. Mahonia15. Hosta16. Escallonia17. Aucuba18. ?19. ?20. Mahonia21. Spiraea22. Clematis armandii23

and substance), ferns, hellebores, vincas, pulmonaria, heucheras in one (lime greens/purples/whites) and have made the other bed ericaceous, with an acer palmatum, camellia and more hostas and ferns in it. Separately I have a north bed with loads of bulbs

and how the plants will manage may mean that we in the end will be able to grow many more exotics in our gardens Well I think the season's have gone all to pot. In my back yard I have a few pots with several plants in and I am amazed that there is so many

Tete daffs for 50p at the mo. 3-4 bulbs in each. Those were my Valentines' card from OH. J. They have loads of lovely clematis at the moment, for only two pounds, grow one up a tree for summer colour. I bought 2 Camellias from Morrisons about 6 or 7

you tested your "normal" soil for acidity? It would be difficult to keep your soil in 2 different states like this. If you are growing camellias pieros etc you must have acid soil. The soil you are trying to dig, full of roots, can you dig

.and talk to them!  In response to a comment about what people grow with hostas - mine are under Japanese Acers, a camellia and Wiegela.  Similar to Dovefromabove I also have pulmonarias, Solomans Seal, ferns plus ajugas, saxifraga fortunei wikth huge white

and admired by all who see it. Help!! I would really love to grow a Spartan apple tree but have a very small garden. Can i grow one in a cointainer?? They also grow to quite a heght and thickness on Crete For a long time archaeologists considered the east

Success and Failures  - looking through this forum there are obvious signs that forkers have there favourite plants / planting scheme's etc for a variation of reasons i suppose ........ what would you describe - THE GARDENER as a growing success

covered over outside slowly growing. plant everlasting sweet peas,dug up some yellow celandines growing in the wrong place,water new plants,potted Camellia into new big pot and then turned blue with the cold,me that is. Nothing No, not quite true. I took

(rainwater) to activate the kit; according to Gardeners Question Time on Radio 4 you should use distilled water. My jury is still out on this Once you have tested your soil you will know whether you can plant acid loving plants like Camellias and Hydrangeas