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bought for me by dad,really want to know how to over winter it too. Are you using fresh compost Tina for the pansies and violas? Absolutly,miracle grow,well supposed to be in my case a complete no grow!! Plenty of drainage holes? If your fuchsia is called

I am reading more and more about people using water for fuchsias,how successful is this method ? and what is the procedure for doing this. Just take cuttings in the normal way-cutting just below a leaf-node-put some cling-film over a glass of water

-standard' but much loved. I would have to take fuchsia Beacon, which lives up to its name, and the common snowdrop Galanthus nivalis. Which rose? Either Gertrude Jekyll or Albertine. Two trees: My lovely deep purple double syringa vugaris (variety unknown), and my

Can anyone help, I have a small wooden grow house which I have been trying to overwinter various plants and cuttings.  Just recently I have noticed a lot of the plants are rotting. I haven't been watering so could this be caused by condensation

to be most resistant to slugs. Of course, resistance does not mean immunity, but if you pick from this list, it's a satisfying way to repell slugs without extra cost, effort or chemical side effects.AquilegiasAstilbesAstrantiasBegoniasCrocosmiasEuphorbiasFernsFuchsias

been unusually chilly recently. The most sensitive plants in your list will be the dahlias, fuchsias and lobelia. The sweet peas are more hardy. It's a pain, but you would be wise to cover them with fleece if frost is predicted. Not all years are like

-3m during the summer.I still love patio favourites like petunia, verbena, pelargonium and fuchsia, but am always on the lookout for something new. New Guinea impatiens have become a favourite for shade, and I always choose a selection of foliage

flowers for sustenance, and flowers need bees for pollination. But it's important the flowers you grow provide the food bees need.Most double flowers are of little use, because they're too elaborate. Some are bred without male and female parts, while

around. Also, are you growing them outdoors or in a greenhouse? Depending on where you can grow them I would consider marigolds, gerberas, dahlias, calendula, pansies, violas, geraniums, fuchsias, and for a bit of greenery here and there, hostas. I would

they are great so it doesn't matter - but it might if you are growing some nice perrennials or annuals later on.) Have just trimmed some prunings from the crab apple tree and a huge fuchsia - they will make good plant supports with raffia for tying in.   I use