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These tips are really good, and I will be trying them out in my garden. how do i divide a large dahlia corm and can i grow them in large pots 1st class advice & information. Helps me do my bit for the environment. Won't the fat cake fall apart when

you dug-up all of the artichokes!  I last grew them 6 years ago and they still appear in that area every spring! BTW, Jerusalem artichokes are in the same family as sunflowers (Helianthus.) I planted 12 last April in a bed 7' x 7' Roughly calculating I

currently growing rudbeckias and mini sunflowers at present from seed - which it mentions. I love dahlias so I will definately look into growing those too.   Sotongeoff I am an advanced beginner really. I would love it to be very colourful but was thinking

-special, select them and when they are big enough divide the plants to make more of your favouritesMore on collecting and growing from seedGrowing bluebells from seed, with Chris Beardshaw.Monty Don gives advice on sowing sunflower seedsCollecting and saving seeds

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costing less than £2 per packet, you can enjoy a mass of colour even on a tight budget.Cut flowers that are easy to grow from seed include Ammi, Antirrhinum, cosmos, larkspur, Nigella, scabious, sunflowers and zinnia.For flowers to dry, consider quaking

and sunflowers. However there is a high wall at the other end of this border which appears to be in shade most of the day. I will dig up a few foxgloves to put in for starters but is there a climber tolerant of shade to  grow up the wall?  Ivy is not too popular

would like to plant something that will grow about five or six feet high that would give us privacy. However, it cannot be a tree or shrub because there won't be room for large roots. I was thinking of planting sunflowers and some tall border plants. I

To a certain extent is depends on how you grow and what. Most of my plants in the greenhouse are in claypots buried in the sand plunge. The plunge only is watered and the plants get it through the clay pots which are porous. In the other greenhouse

- it's more a case of flattened and muddy. When the ground is drier I'll give it a good raking over and if behaves the same as in previous years the grass will grow back fine. Janet I found that by using sunflower hearts rather than mixed seed