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My efforts to grow bare root plants are a disaster.  I follow the rules of soaking and spreading roots etc; but the autumn raspberries, blue verbascum, and perennial geranium, not a sign of them.  I have planted canna lilies, in pots and started

at Joe Swift choosing marginal plants for a garden pond, or Chris Beardshaw growing marginal plants in a pot. Good luck, Emma gardenersworld.com team I believe you'll success, and good luck to you cant wait for photos...sounds lovely...im watching my

clue where to plant these! My raised bed is all due to be taken. So my only option is to put them in my flower beds, I wanted to fill the spaces with bedding plants not onions!! Any ideas? How much room do they need, will they grow ok if plants flop

ones I planted around the top of a long tom pot which I had planted aliums in flowered realy well but they had short stems but carried on growing with flowers open.Is this to do with the weather because I planted them at the right time and deep enough I

flowered area, what would you suggest? Thanks!! Hi jmeds-what kind of soil do you have and how big an area is it? There are lots of shade loving plants-hostas,ferns,periwinkle,euphorbia, heucheras etc but your conditions will make a difference! Thanks

the right position and soil quality I have a north facing rear garden as has been said as the sun gets higher it gets more sun-most things grow- no problem My side garden is north facing and again gets sun in the summer time once the sun climbs , once

Good morning and happy 'Grow Your Own' Week to you all.There are, I have to admit, many other gardeners who are hotter on vegetable growing than me. Give me herbaceous borders and I can muddle through and make them look pretty good, but when

think even Box likes some sun. Something that grows about 3ft tall would look good, but I realise that the shaded aspect means I may have to settle for something like Hostas or ferns?  Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks They are lovely pots  I have

I'm saving seed of my perennial sweet pea to grow plants for my friends. Having collected and cleaned seeds at the botanoc garden for the seed distribution (ten packets) that Friends of the BG are entitled to, I'm a bit of an expert. Some seeds

 afternoon shade, where I'm trying to grow hosta's and have planted shade loving shrubs, an 8ft high fence to the left provides no shade after lunch and  plants get full sun till dusk. When do you get the sun or is the area always in shade? I'd go for clematis