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Advice for a novice

On 31/07/2012 in forum

such as the small hollies are good, christmas box, any of the smaller euonymous, golden laurel  - lots of choices for pots, worth looking around some good web sites for what is on offer now. The reality is that you can grow anything in a pot as long as you


Looking for ideas to mini-landscape..

On 14/04/2012 in forum

's not much to it so open to any ideas! Hugo Hello Hugo, What I notice first is that your triangles get sunshine. To give some instant parent-pleasing impact, why not start off with some summer bedding? Weed out all the low-growing vegetation with a fork


Small front garden planting

On 28/04/2013 in forum

image - will try again once posted   Low maintenance evergreens include: phormium, bergenia, heuchera, euonymous (some), carex, cotoneaster (some), flat-growing junipers, choisya, lavender, euphorbia (some), aucuba japonica, prunus (some), ajuga, festuca


all veg and herb and what to do now

On 15/06/2012 in forum

't watch them (mint in particular is better in its own pot. But you can move some to a separate pot.) Rosemary will grow to a sprawling bush and will also need a space of its own eventually. Chives will grow back after cutting, although you may have


Fruit & Veg Beginner

On 15/05/2012 in forum

Hello, Ive been out grafting in our new gardento get it ready from some growing, we have a Greenhouse ready to go pretty much and 2 raised beds (Both 1m by 2.5m). I need some advice on the best things to grow, and good, easy, starters


Californian Lilac

On 25/03/2013 in forum

to get an irrigation system installed as they go weeks without rain and then get an absolute downpour. Plants that grow well are Tamarix, Lavender, Rosemary, Iris, Syringa, and for hedging you can't beat the Elaegnus (Quicksilver) as the insignificant


Talkback: Preparing for drought in the garden

On 14/03/2012 in forum

Driest we've been in Bristol since 1976 so I am going to be careful about which plants I grow. Mediterranean type plants like lavender and rosemary and the grey-leaved ones are fine. I will have a good look at the Botanic Garden. Their South


Talkback: Growing veg in shade

On 06/06/2012 in forum

Sorrel is lovely crop to grow in shade, even dry shade. In my garden it grows under a clematis montana which grows under an ornamental cherry. It requires no real attention and produces tangy, lemony, tender, heart shaped salad leaves


Talkback: All the leaves are brown

On 28/11/2011 in forum

, in another border; opposite that I planted a Paeonia Delavayi var.angustiloba. Across the drive I planted a new Phyllostachys vivax 'Aureocaulis', with a stand of Rosemary (rescued from somewhere else in the garden), beneath it, as a foil for it. With a


Talkback: Six plants for a new garden

On 28/11/2011 in forum

gigantic Bramley apple. Must have some rosemary, the prostrate kind, and - oh heck, that's it! Impossible! Not an easy thing to do. I have changed my mind so many times...Interesting to see your list, Katy, as I haven't ever grown most of those plants: I am


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