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I'm ashamed to confess that despite living in Edinburgh for 4 years and now living only an hour's drive away, I have never been to Edinburgh Botanic Gardens. I have however been to two of it's sister gardens - Benmore and Dawyck - definitely

, this spreading plant features clumps of strappy leaves alongside sprays of trumpet flowers in shades of red, yellow and orange.My top plants for extending colourCrocosmiaThis plant is ideal for the no-fuss gardener. The large, long-lasting flowers in pinks

medium sized well stuffed garden, every available space has a plant but I also like my garden to look tidy and well presented. During the Spring and Summer I keep the plants in order pruning, deadheading, sweeping up and generally staying in control

it more managable and then have a look at what you have in the  garden. Some shrubs are lovely you might find a few good plants in amongst the untidyness. I would set the mower to medium or high and go over the whole lawn. You then dispose of the cuttings

but it is medium heightand with a yellowish flower. I would like to know why it will not flower profusely. Can any one give me some advice please ? Alstroemeria are like peonies - they need time to establish as they hate root disturbance. Give it a try & leave

climbing roses revert to shrub roses if  pruned  hard particularly in the first 2 years, just read it on this site, it may explain the odd rose I have inherited in my new garden, all the roses have been badly pruned, but a lovely red one is really bad, its

. As my grass is a fair bit longer than the bowling-green type of lawn, I do it every time, even though it's a pain because even medium size frogs can be lurking and having killed two over the years, I really don't want to do it again. I have an old

Hello,  I'm a novice gardener and trying to get an overgrown medium size garden under control.  I've been merrily putting Ground Elder (leaves), Bindwind (mainly leaves, some root), Nettles (leaves and root) and Bramble (leaves and root) on my

Good morning - 40 years ago I used to enjoy a tomato whose flavour was so memorable, I can still taste it.  However I cannot find the tomato or its name.  It was a firm, medium sized fruit but had very stiking green rays eminating from where

but nowhere near as bad and I'm worried that the compost won't be usable if I don't do something to get rid of them. I garden organically but any help on what they are and whether/how to get rid of them will be much appreciated Are they white fly?-if you dont