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grown, will provide cover for birds. The shrubs are tiny and don't yet provide any structure or sheltering opportunities. The teasels, cosmos and sunflowers I've left to seed stand like skinny stalks above flat, lifeless foliage. And I don't have a tree

My Potatoes looked fantastic but never did flower and have no potatoes on them not even small ones can you tell me why.I did plant them in new soil that I bought by the lorry load by the way I live in Spain and I am growing them under cover. Can you

. Foxglove14. Heather15. Honeysuckle16. Lavender17. Poppy18. Pussy willow19. Raspberry20. Red Campion21. Rosemary22. Scabious23. Sea Holly24. Sunflower25. Teasel26. Thistles27. Viper's bugloss28. WisteriaI'm growing 21 of the above plants in my garden

" . I think his a grand chap. MY point is that I have not seen my comment posted or have I broken your code of conduct?. Kind Regards "Old Greenfingers" i like to grow sunflowers but last year i grew hundreds it seems ashame to waste all them seed heads

the hardest part is going to be keeping interest and momentum going. I would imagine that one key element is going to be growing crops which will grow and mature quickly and in bountiful succession. Obvious ones being salad crops. Herbs could also be very good

elsewhere. Growing nectar-rich plants is a good way to entice them in, but they won't nest in your flower beds. Butterflies lay eggs in long grass, nettles and thistles (depending on the species), while bumblebees prefer undisturbed messy areas

I'm beginning to get sowing fingers so have begun to plan this years veg plots...what to grow...where and when... so went through last years garden diary. Looks like the only veg which survived an early sowing were pea's early onward and brussels

an apple tree I'd love to have space for one. I have a lilac shrub which I keep pruned to about 7ft so we can enjoy the scented blossom then through it I grow clematis to give it added interest.As for perennials I would agree with Lizzie hardy geraniums

cornflowers, you can't beat Sunflowers for a good show.Annuals everytime for me.I do love the staple perennials, but annuals help to ring the changes me and my mother grow busy lizzie bergonias sweet peas and marigolds for our baskets.I also scatter corn

The trend for too long now has been to develop, market and grow large, blowsy, double flowers. Not sure if nature ever evolved any doubles or whether they are an unnautural abberation. And what about the poor bees and their various cousins