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for plug plants would be good to hear other gardener's views on them. Hiya Andy.There have been good and bad reports on parkers and most other suppliers too. My experience is bulbs are good but perennials no. Vedun it will be interesting how these hardy

to buy more so that I could leave fresh feedback and cavens9460 was able to cancel the sale. Buyers beware. Protect your plants until the frosts are finished Googling them I found this typical entry. "Egyptian onions are a unique cold-hardy perennial

I grow loads of blue perennials and shrubs but I want more orange flowers. Ideas please. I have echinacea tiki torch, marmalade and summer sun, have orange dahlias, crocosmia and couple of annuals. Geums, varieties of heleniums, roses

I've always had a soft spot for chrysanthemums, and it's during autumn that they really reward you with the flower you've been anticipating all year. I can't think of another hardy perennial for pots or borders that looks so bright and colourful

much about gerberas Snapdragons are perennials usually treated as annuals. You can get two years out of good plants by leaving them over winter (or cutting down by 1/3 if very tall) and cutting back to green growth in spring. The second year's plants

plants are better value. Have a look at perennial wallflowers Erysimum 'Bowles's Mauve' or Lavenders, Hebes are good but a little boring. Hardy fuchsias. Daffodils are good value. I would also consider growing cosmos from seed. All hardy annuals are good

.NettlesSage, Salvia officinalis, is best known for the distinctive flavour of its leaves. But if left to flower, its tiny blue blooms provide nectar and pollen for bees and butterflies.SageThymus vulgaris is a sun-loving hardy perennial, used for adding flavour

lot of hardy perennials from seed they do not need heat-but will probably take 12/18 months to flower The biennials -like wallflower sweet williams etc can be sown outside in April-will flower in 12 months It is the half /hardies that are trickier

Hi, there are so many plants out there that I am getting very very confused .............perennial - hardy -half-hardy etc etc etc.........I just need plants that will come year after year - look nice and stay healthy without much maintenence as I

Hi, I was just wondering which variety of geranium this photo shows?  I would like to grow some hardy varieties, but how do you tell between the tender bedding type and the perennials? What do the leaves look like? Go down to the GC and look. Those