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Iris Katharine Hodgkin

On 26/04/2013 in forum

with daffodils?  Reading Gardener's World mag from last April, Adam Pascoe says to lift and divide them as soon as they have flowered. Cut the leaves back to around a third of their length to stop the plant rocking in the wind. Thanks Freesia. Was the article


any idea what it is

On 12/05/2013 in forum

. Have loads growing in the garden and forever trying to get rid of them as i worry about the berries and the cats eating or licking them When Tom and I were first married(-many years ago-)         When Tom and I were first married we used to visit


what to plant NOW !

On 20/02/2013 in forum

unless you can provide the right conditions and it appears your options are limited Those fingers need to itch a bit longer-what do you want to grow exactly? You could plant bulbs already growing in pots and bought in the garden centre, such as daffodils


Talkback: Fragrant plants

On 28/11/2011 in forum

My favourite in the winter is the Sarcococca - smells so sweetly and for a great distance. My late husband was blind for 15 years and I filled the garden with scented plants for his sake. His favourite was Sweet William and I still grow lots


Hellebore advice

On 24/03/2013 in forum

an age to mature?? I'm looking to bulk out the garden with winter interest this year as I only have one hellebore and some euonemous!!!! All the oriental type hellebores are lovely, come in a wide variety of colours and are pretty easy to grow. You can


Under trampoline plants?

On 15/04/2013 in forum

-nothing is going to grow under there -poor light-not going to get rained on-just a compete waste of  money and effort I would have thought Love to be proved wrong-would suggest a layer of bark or something similar? We had the same problem (when we had a trampoline


Talkback: Most hated plants

On 05/06/2012 in forum

see the attraction, love & lust people have for them!! Oh No! don't dis the Dahlias! They transport me back to my long- gone childhood. And the bigger and more showy the better!I could however, happily live without setting eyes on another daffodil


Talkback: Chrysanthemums

On 28/11/2011 in forum

and planted it in the garden where it is now flowering again a lovely bright yellow to make me smile now that the Dahlia flowers have been killed by the first frosts. Hi thereI would like to find out where to buy the daffodil bulbs with the rose scent


Talkback: Autumn heatwave

On 28/11/2011 in forum

and cuttings that i have grown this year I have daffodils coming up in my garden in Surrey!! Never known that before. So it seems, all our gardens and plants are feeling just about as confused as we are...but interestingly the insects seem to be working


Talkback: Six plants for a new garden

On 28/11/2011 in forum

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


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