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Protect tender plants for winterThe trend for growing exotic looking plants in our gardens means that some of them may need protection from the worst of the winter cold and wet. Wrap half hardy bananas, palms and tree ferns with fleece, straw

have 6 golden rain trees, grown from sseed collected at a motorway service station in France, and probably far too big for my small garden and several Wisteria from pods of my Wisteria "Lawrence".  These I will grow on in pots out of curiosity to see

Earlier this year my wisteria died: a tragic episode about which I wrote here (and here, actually, as well). The most obvious upshot of this was the fact that we were then left with a big expanse of naked wall that needed covering, smartish. Rather

I've got a dearly-loved wisteria sinensis which is about 12 years old.  It's planted west facing at the bottom of a brick pillar (not in particularly good soil) which supports a pergola and has climbed the pergola and flowered happily for many years

it and concentrate it down then spray it, always add a bit more water before spraying When I was able to grow roses when I was in my parents house,I used to squeeze then off between my fingers,juicy! I think the answer to this problem must be great ventilation and a

garden feel then take a look at some of these climbers. Or maybe consider training a fruit tree up the wall like a pear. Will you be able to plant directly into the ground, or will you be growing in a pot? What sort of framework will you have to support

: Brugmansias are very thirsty and very hungry. Try not to prune them too much as they will only flower after the stem has forked.Grow in sunshine. Hi, I have a fig tree in a pot which grows quite happily but the figs are lacking. I started off with about 15

. 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

want to make a sculpture from tiers of tree slices that I have and want to hollow out parts of the tier to add and grow plants - so that we have cascade of plants from the slices. The children are young - what's the best way to do this? The best thing I

to be proactive about this and plant some bee-friendly plants on my allotment. I am thinking of lavender. What else do they like? My wisteria which I bought in 1999 as an established plant (from the Bigger Tree company) looks as if it has died - in February I