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Good morning and happy 'Grow Your Own' Week to you all.There are, I have to admit, many other gardeners who are hotter on vegetable growing than me. Give me herbaceous borders and I can muddle through and make them look pretty good, but when

of trees died of it several years ago but the only other plants to have succumbed were a couple of clematis. I only assume the clematis died of it cos I couldn't see another reason, Loads of different herbaceous perennials are growing in the area plus a

and miscanthus.Planting partnersGrow smaller varieties in patio pots and plant medium and tall varieties among herbaceous perennials in mixed borders. Improve the soil before planting, with home-made compost or well-rotted manure. Grow them in full sun

, Jasminum nudiflorum and Mahonia aquifolium cultivars. At the base of all those you can plant some herbaceous perennials. The following will tolerate dry shade. You haven't said the border is either of those things but given that it's next to a three metre

mistakes but learnt a lot, too, and had quite a lot of fun. Shrubs are a bigger problem than herbaceous perennials, and I have no idea how I'll accommodate some of mine when they reach their eventual size. That's why I learnt something about pruning them!

 looked less like a happy clump brimming with energy, and more like a cross between a Polo mint and a shabbily maintained monk's tonsure. All the growth has migrated to the edges. This is something that happens to a number of herbaceous perennials and is a

that is already pretty well-stocked. If the gap wil fill itself with time, it might be an idea to use herbaceous perennials. Is the honeysuckle going to get pretty large? I have a big raised bed, built alongside the drive to disguise the ancient shed next door

in late-summer are pretty wide-ranging, as are shrubs, climbers and herbaceous perennials. Most fashionable annuals, exotics and tender perennial patio plants should also stay in flower until late-September, or even early October, if properly looked after

Not as vigorous, either. And although geraniums are pretty tough,  I lost my doubles.   Why not develop an interest in herbaceous perennials and  use a variety of them. They are tough, colourful and give season-long interest if you choose well.         Yep

perennial? If so, how tall does it grow and should it be cut back? I have one in the garden smothered in flowers but it is about 8ft high and dwarfing everything else. Doug: Just goes to show that lichens don't harm anything - if they're happy growing on a