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I would like to create a herb display in an area in my garden. Any ideas please? Thank you.. One thing most herbs love is well-drained soil.  What type of soil do you have in the garden?  I have clay which doesn't really suit them, so I grow my

Downie, the blackbids leave the fruit on the tree until the ground freezes, this is obviously their emergency reserve, I grow a lot of different lavenders from seed, other bird/insect magnets are oregano, rosemary and ecchium blue bedder,all have a

untrimmed at the place they are brown, or use them as a frame to grow a vine or creeper over rather than pulling them down.  I think they must be like lavender, once you cut past the live wood it won't recover. Thanks for this idea - they definitely weren

Thanks for that. Can you give me any good tips on what perennials to buy for a large border.The border backs onto a beck with fields behind.It can be a windy spot. I have put in two buddlea plants ,fox gloves and lupins,lavender.I Phlox ,day lilies

then underplant with decorative low growing shrubs and edge border with something like lavender, depending on your aspect. It looks better if you don't have one solitary shrub but a group Verdun there's no lawn a 5ft hedge to the right so partly shaded size width

in their wake. There's a tiny lavender (grown from a cutting) and a hebe (a gift - not my favourite plant but loved by bees), which will grow in time. My callicarpa died. Planting large(ish) shrubs will be my first job of 2011.I'm hoping some of this year

and medicinal purposes for thousands of years. But they also attract and provide food for various forms of wildlife. Many herbs are easy to grow and have great ornamental value.Angelica archangelica is a tall, shade-loving herb most commonly used for making

the responses to your blog as well, James? Shouldn't have this article been called "Varieties of Alliums"? As disappointingly, there is nothing about growing them in this article. If you have neutral or alkaline soil, tottenham, alliums are very easy to grow

flowerheads in summer. It will perform equally well in a sunny border or a container.Jarava ichuThis easy-to-grow bearded iris, with butter yellow and lavender petals, will flower from late-May to mid-June.Iris 'Lullaby of Spring'This short, smoky yellow iris

. Choose large plants for instant impact.More advice on growing herbsHow to pick herbs effectively.Learn about medicinal herbs.Planting up a hanging basket with parsley and tomatoes.Potting up a window box with herbs.Propagating lavender and rosemary.