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goes or the plastic joints break. I won't be growing anything that needs to spend its whole life inside like fussy tomatoes, I'll grow outside types, but I would like to grow some half hardy annuals and hardy annuals and perennials that like a cosy

low growing osteos,is it a case of the bushy bedding ones i am keeping are just annuals?i thought the bedding ones were half hardy.in any case i will take cuttings and store them in my outbuilding. would September and softwood cuttings be best? Hiya

-I sowed some weeks back on a windowsill -came up within a week plants now hardening off in the cold frame. Just treat as another other half-hardy annual-if you are stiil using home made compost as a seedling compost-that might be the problem. I haven

'. This is a half-hardy annual from central Australia, and is heat and drought tolerant, as you'd expect of plants from this part of the world. 'Joey' grows to about 30-35cm tall and produces glorious feathery, silvery-pink plumes. I've never grown anything

I grew loads of snapdragons from seed this year and they have been one of the star performers of my garden, the bumble bees loved them. I know that most people grow them as annuals but on the packet they are described as half hardy perennials

off .  I also wondered ......if I plant ground cover plants   ?- the idea to fill and carpet any spaces which are left that look attractive with plants . I have also tried the covering material but with a half established garden it was more trouble

interest, hardy, fool proof and with very little shelter. I was hoping for a camelia or rhodo, (something I presume won't grow well in my neutral soil) Any ideas? Thanks I am a little confused, are you looking for a climber. Are you planning on using

it needs a heated greenhouse in the winter  Yeah, should've said, officially its half hardy - didn't assume that meant it was not wanted, being in a pot. Depending on where you live, you could leave it out and just insulate the pot a bit, or may not even

-anything that needs heat to germinate is probably a half-hardy annual-the clue is in the title-and wont be planted out until Mid-May at the earliest-so that is why you don't need to start now Patience is a virtue after all Having said all that-what flowers are we

to encourage fruit to set. Overwintering: Chilli plants are perennials and are generally more productive in their second year than their first although most people grow them as half-hardy annuals. It is worth overwintering them if you have the space on a