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them the plants usually are fine thereafter.As with hostas, hellebores, fuschias, etc these are highly addictive plants. Some salvias grow 7 feet others just a few inches. I grow pineapple sage....rich pineapple scented leaves ( brush against

some ideas for things thata might not have come naturally.  Mine are: bergenia, because its huge evergreen leaves show everything nearby off brilliantly (and snails eat my hostas). You do need huge clumps though. hardy geraniums, because they grow

pellets for over 20 years and since I turned my patch over to totally wildlife-friendly, I haven't had much problem with slugs at all....I do put copper tape round my hosta pots though. Hi all, you can help the experts monitor hedgehog populations

for the weather to get a bit better to start work on it (landlord doesn't mind) and today was the day. I've attached some pictures of it and the work completed today but would like some advice about how best to get it to work for me. I would like to grow my own

back up again in the spring/summer. I don't know how you'd get rid of it, but I am told it is lucky to have elder in your garden. I was given a neglected potted example a while ago. How tall will they grow, as tall as a common Elder, and what

about ornamental grasses too. I simply love grasses and grow several. Consider a beautiful blue grass called Elymus Magellanicus...it's also evergreen and still match blue convolvulous. Or, how about carex Comans Bronze? This has a fountain of fantastic

-life friendly alternative The midnight hunt is probably the most effective route, backed up by wildlife-safe Growing Success Advanced Slug Pellets. i use every possible method:  the beer one seems to work only once in the season, even when putting fresh beer out

physical weakness at the first knuckle on the floweriing stems so each year I support with thin canes then they will flower upright til the autumn.  The golden oat grass is lovely plant. If you don't grow this then do. Planted some perennials and hardening

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

do keep the slugs at bay. I also try to grow plants that slugs and snail don't like, lavender, lambs ears, astilbe, ferns etc. I have tried to encourage as much wildlife as possible into my garden and have lots of bird feeders, sun flowers, poached