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well are Pulmonaria(lungwort)which is so bright and lovely,Aquilegia which come in so many colours and Hardy geranium and the best thing about these three is the slugs and snails leave them alone,unlike the woodland flowers which I've started visiting

when is the best time of year to sow biennials such as digitalis, delphinium, and lupins I'd sow foxgloves (digitalis) now, or you can also sow in March/April. Lupins are hardy perennials, and I'd sow in Feb/March if possible, as plants raised from

. I check on the trays twice a day and if need be, water at tea-time. But NEVER at night. This trick has always worked and at times I've had 50 or more trays going at any one time.   Yeah, my hand did get achy. hahaha The salvias are a half-hardy

kitchen windowsill  but to no avail...I have to resort to buying the supermarket herb pots which also keel over on me within a week and a half....any idea where I'm going wrong? I use Marshalls, Unwins and Suttons seeds...  Apart from all the obvious

the season of interest - snowdrops, narcissus and hellebores for winter and spring interest followed by hardy geraniums, aquilegias, phlox, heleniums, achillieas and any manner of perennial to take you through from spring to autumn and hide the base

. most of them will probably be ok. It is the wet as much as the cold which kills plants. So keep them on the dry side. The nicotiana will Im afraid die as it is not at all hardy and normally treated as a half hardy annual. You could improve

, and other shrubs and perennials. Mint and other plants that spread by root runners can also be propagated in this way. Hi Adam, Earlier this year I inherited a large builders bucket of Agapanthus (currently my fave flower) I believe they are about 10 years

Hi Kate, I plan to plant more perennials into my front garden this year. The last three years I've planted Petunias, Busy Lizzies etc. I've got some Dahlia tubers to go in and hardy Fuchsia's that I've grown from cuttings. I've also got Foxgloves

be the winter minimum temperature that plants will just tick over. Fuel prices are on the up so econamy is relavant. Any Idea's??? Depends on what plants you grow, if it's fragile stuff prob around 7C will be fine. More hardy stuff will tick over at a little bit

with their own little circle of earth around them, but they have to keep weeding. I like a mixture of shrubs,annuals and perennials and climbers for all seasons, with a small patch for a few veg.. There's never a time with no colour in my garden, even