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seed sown as normal then left in a cold frame in early Autumn, prick them out into a nursery bed in Spring and leave for three or four years before planting in position in the Autumn.They can be divided but make sure you have roots and dormant buds

exhuberant in my garden and I may have to get ruthless with it this year.  Phlomis Russeliana is self seeding very happily and so needs rooting out a bit this year and lysomachia clethroides alba needs lifting, dividing and giving away as it's a bit too happy

what grows.  Take photos and make notes of gaps to fill and plants to replace/lift/divide/remove and have some annuals on standby to plug gaps. All plants have an optimum size or eventual size and, to do their best, need the space to get the light

(obviously after a good tidy up and top soil added to the border bit) as it only receives sun until about 1-2pm at the moment, then it's just shade. I would love to concrete over the lot and build a dividing wall between grass and patio, but not possible

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to ensure they divide well - I leave mine in the veg drawer of the fridge for a week or two before planting. And I plant them a couple of inches into the ground - if you're planting a lot make a small dibber - it saves wear on your poor finger! I had a

local fruit and veg.shop. Pots of herbs like parsley, basil, coriander from your grocers late in the season for half price ,when well watered and divided, will develop into huge plants to give you herbs for the rest of the year. Much cheaper than

into the spring. We're now down to the last pink fir apple, which are as good as they day they were lifted in October. Hi, I fully agree with about importing pots from other country's - NOT necessary. I prepared the ground in Dec - weeded,double dug

it might have been part of the original building specifications. Bit by bit, though, people have been removing slabs to plant shrubs and flowers. I had the whole lot lifted in our front garden last summer, and found the remains of an earlier concreted area

more seeds and pot things on and lift and divide plants but right now I'm with Genie Bunny and think hot chocolate and some plant pondering is the way to go. Magazines, gardening books, Forum, seed/plant catalogues, warm drinks, Making lists to lose