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couple of purple foliage euphorbias and a delightful variegated one....name escapes me for mo......but I agree with Hollie Hock. I grow for foliage. A great foil for hellebores....purple foliage next to white hellebore, for example, is quite nice

new to gardening, do hellebores need to be cut back? if so when. You should cut off all the old foliage in late winter or early spring as the new foliage and flwoer stems appear.   This helps you see the flowers better and removes old growth which

,what you grow in your garden ...if you like it grow it....but thinking about the environment too is sensible I agree, the double form is also often quite ugly, especially in Hollyhocks. Hey, the double yellow, red speckled hellebore is stunning

, the young shoots need clipping two or three times during the growing season. Dig out lawn weeds, such as daisies and dandelions Watch out for greenfly and blackfly on developing plantsCollect hellebore seeds from ripe podsAround the gardenPlant out

Hi everyone, I wonder if anyone would know whether Rudbeckia plants are prone to slug damage or any other damage as far as that goes.  I am really fed up with fighting off slugs and snails and want to grow some tall, hardy flowers like rudbeckia

play your cards right Dicentra spectabilis likes shade, nutrition, good soil and not being disturbed. I grow mine in my hellebore borders as I think they like same conditions. They make good companions too...as hellebores pass their peak the dicentras

and spread of 2m x 40cm.Climbing beansHybrid varieties of the Lenten rose, Hellebore orientalis produce large clusters of saucer-shaped flowers in a variety of colours from midwinter to mid-spring. They prefer full sun to part shade and grow to a height

of the day. Sarcococca hookeriana (Christmas Box) also do well in shaded areas - they're slow growers and are highly scented ground covering plants  Helleborous Niger (christmas rose) is a rather easy to grow, shade loving plant.. Lamium will do well in shade

have a similar space and I grow hellebores, ferns, cyclamens, Japanese anemones ( these need staking but they flower well), erythroniums, geranium phaeum 'Lily Lovage', geranium endressii, pulmonaria, sarcococcus and variegated euonymus and at the back

and crocosmia I think growing through and the garlic is looking good. It has snowed very discreetly this p.m. but I want to be out there gardening! Yes - come on spring. My Hellebore are beautiful. Even my snowdrops haven't opened yet I managed to do 3 hours