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primulas, Cornus. J. Ornamental rhubarb - rheum, persicarias, hemerocallis, hydrangea paniculata, some hostas, miscanthus zebrinus, iris sibirica, snakeshead fritillaries, salix hakuro nishiki for pretty foliage or Salix Alba Britzensis (Coral Bark Willow

shade / partial shade, well-drained, slightly alkaline. Thanks in advance for suggestions. Flo x   Flo - some scented plants would be nice - a Sarcacocca maybe?Skimmias are low growing,too . What about some herbs? I will keep thinking Pam LL x Lavenders

but here goes only had time to go through first 37! 1. Hosta2. Box (i think can't really be sure from that pic)3. Pittosporum (again not totally sure)4. Bay? Check the leaves smell 5. Conifer - not good on my conifer id's6. Nearest is cornus, flowering

.  I gow around 65 hostas in pots, so you can imagine the battles we have.  The only 2 things I have found useful are copper collars on the pots, they will not cross those, and the iron based  slug pellets which do no harm to other wild life - I would

and the future of the whole grow your own thing. Lovely idea although I think we need the Forest Gardening Cookbook to really have this idea take off. I'm quite adept at a rhubarb crumble and raspberry jam, but have had little use so far in the kitchen for hosta

much difference, especially on my larger leaved hostas, as the solution just seemed to run off the leaves ! However, I will try a stronger mix next time to see if this makes a difference. Would also love to know what plants rabbits don't eat! We

in white, bright and pale pink. Virginia Creeper or Boston Ivy are both climbers that grow in shade and have good autumn colour Other plants that are happy in shade are hostas, bergenia cordifolia (can be very bright pink flowers), lilly of the valley

ferns are god in shade as are hostas which will give floiage colour and variegations and tall spikes of white, lilac or purple flowers. All will benefit from having plenty of good garden compost or well rotted manure worked into the soil before planting

hi i have loads and loads of bumblebees out the front of my house for weeks.i was wondering where there nest was.they have been busy taking the pollen from the heather,crocuses i also have a very large wissteria in flower growing up the house

trap and the others growing well . I'm bringing them in at night cos I don't trust the slugs - they seem to be eating everything . Like everyone else though the garden in general is suffering a serious lack of sun. Still no flowers on the sweetpeas