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Talkback: Plants for small gardens - BBC Gardeners' World Live 2009

On 24/11/2011 in forum

couple of packets of wild flower seeds than this lot. What's drab about hellebores, snowdrops, alliums and sedums? i think this is a lovely piece and shall be growing all of these plants in my small garden! Re: trees for small gardens, I have a crepe


Build me up buttercup

On 26/05/2009 in Plants

the footpath.We have a bit of wilder ground by the orchard, which tends to grow unmolested. As a result it's completely swamped by buttercups at this time of year. Buttercups may seem to be a terribly annoying weed, but they belong to a huge and distinguished


Internet purchasing

On 11/03/2013 in forum

nurseries and plant fairs during the spring and early summer.  The down side of this is that I don't plan then order. I buy then plan and some plants sit around in pots for ages before they find a home. Yes I buy online. Got new hellebore few days ago


Friday picture thread

On 19/04/2013 in forum

for the rose and honeysuckle.  I am cheered up every morning when I see my pansies who seem to have emerged from the snow with a determination to flower!    Woops forgot to say about the first pic that it is my first ever Hellebore and I love him!  I like


Verbena bonariensis

On 09/08/2010 in Plants

Will our love affair with Verbena bonariensis ever wane? This fabulous flower looks as good growing individually among low border plants as it does planted en masse. The open, airy quality of the stems only adds to the appeal. Wildlife loves V


Collecting and saving seeds

On 19/09/2011 in Gardeners' musings

. Others are collected and sown in pots in a more organised manner. Among the seeds I've saved this year are foxglove, hellebore, columbine, scabious, Jacob's ladder, snapdragon and calendula.Around my plot I leave lettuce, mizuna, watercress, broad beans


Two Hellebores

On 03/04/2013 in forum

Hi, i have seen two helli's that i am thinking of ordering, the ashwood black, and the metallic blue from suttons, my question is simple to anyone growing or having grown these, that is, are the adv pics a true reflection of the plants, is the black


Self-seeding plants

On 01/06/2009 in Gardeners' musings

Not everything in my garden is carefully planned, and I make no excuses for having it this way. It's a wise gardener that makes room for the unexpected, and the rewards this can bring. Leave an area of soil bare and something will grow, and while


Snowdrop pot display

On 22/07/2011 in Pots & containers: Autumn & winter

will do.More winter plant projectsPlant up a hellebore and carex pot displayCreating a winter display of aster and ornamental cabbageGrowing pansies for winter colour


Talkback: Stinky plants

On 28/11/2011 in forum

in flower. When I put it outside, it smelled wonderful, but indoors it was way too overpowering. I think Gardenia can be a bit too much indoors too. I love my Hellebores but cannot stand the smell of H.Foetidus and don't like the smell of "Sweet" Peas. I


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