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I'm always looking for plants that make an impact - things that will grab the attention and put on a good show. Seasonal bedding and bulbs are always popular, but many shrubs also grow well in patio pots.Over the years I've tried all sorts, from

what grows well in your area or by what sells in number and cheaply at the GCs. If chaenomeles is yellow you're not acid so don't be tempted by rhododendrons and the like. Try shade lovers (or those that put up with it). Foxgloves, aquilegias, lots

flowers for sustenance, and flowers need bees for pollination. But it's important the flowers you grow provide the food bees need.Most double flowers are of little use, because they're too elaborate. Some are bred without male and female parts, while

I have a border 11m x 3m. I would like to plant a row of 3 blossom trees - magnolia or crab apple possibly, or any other you can suggest ? I would like like prolific flowering, low growing ( 2 - 3m max ), approx 2m spread with a nice leaf.  Can I

If a brief is a bit poor (do you remember the Chelsea garden a few years ago that had rhododendrons atop limestone pillars?) isn't it possible for the RHS to tell in advance whether a garden will be in the no middle/bronze/silver etc. category

also have very heavy clay soil, but grow hydrangeas, rhododendrons, acers, pieris and camellias all in pots of ericaceous compost.   A fortnightly watering with an ericaceous feed, from about March through to September, keeps them all in good health. I

/IMAG0514.jpg it looks like there is couch grass growing in that pot too? any advice on what to do with it? ...are you growing it in ericaceous compost?   it needs acidic conditions, like Rhododendrons and suchlike... if memory serves me right, i think

Help! when is it best time to move a rhododendron been in about a year I would plant them all about the same time, as it's the growing time that's different between the three, isn't it? 1st, 2nd earlies, then maincrop take successively longer than

I Never plant aquilegia just let them self sow and its so nice to guess what colours they will be Snapdragons were always good in our old garden. And foxgloves.. they're the only ones I've noticed. Wilting RhododendronsI bought a couple

I have a white camellia that has been growing in a pot for several years; it's now too large/heavy to move around.   I'd like to plant it in the garden - your advice please, on the best location.   There are two areas with enough room, one quite