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that this garden has had summer flowers and veg  growing in it, I feel quite encouraged really - given the awful weather we've had I was expecting more pollination problems than this.  On the up side, we've got several happy frogs hopping about in our garden

of starvation over the winter or in the early Spring. There are a number of non native trees which are helpful, and among shrubs we suggest Mahonia and Sweet Box - both easy to grow and forgiving of shade. I'd also recommend Crocuses and Hellebores to help out

is only approx 45ft and roots could cause problems.....is the laurel a good alternative? I would need something evergreen and fast growing...thanks in advance. Hi Louise, laurel is a possibility, but not the fastest growing to that height. It also is best

and admired by all who see it. Help!! I would really love to grow a Spartan apple tree but have a very small garden. Can i grow one in a cointainer?? They also grow to quite a heght and thickness on Crete For a long time archaeologists considered the east

friendly garden you need a variety of plants that flowered from autumn to spring. Hi everyone. We have quite a lot of fences with ivy growing up them. The bees absolutely love the flowers which last well into the winter. ChrisX lovetogarden wrote (see) We

Garden/ Sarah Raven's 'The Great Vegetable Plot'. they're all full of inspiring ideas for decorative and productive veg growing. Wow lots of research to get on with. Was wondering about oak raised beds and then some low fencing like willow or something

happened to a standard Pink Willow and a Rhodendron I'm new to gardening and last year had an amazing success of veg and flower growing:)) this year the whole lot has been attacked and left looking like a tea-strainer...lots and lots of holes with brown

? It is the stem not the leaves that are effected. Can you help? I bought a potted willow once, (you know one of those with the 5 foot trunk and grafted top, very pretty but either die or grow very quickly to an unmanageable size, for those with a potted garden

into the branches of a mature willow and I expect 'Rambling Rector' do be as vigorous. A neighbours Leylandii we've together pruned back to 8ft tall but it was overhanging on my side. I've now hacked this back and the unsightly mess will never grow back so my

as I am aware, the earth needs to be fertile and fine for these wildflower seeds to grow. Pictorial Meadows has a website which talks about ground prep. However you can buy plug plants from some sources. But it sounds as though you have a lot of work