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I am new to gardening and planted a new large mixed perennial border recently. I timed it badly just before the hard frost we had in late March (lesson learnt for next year). However, all the plants now seem to be starting to push up shoots

year's show and then either leave the foliage for at least 6 weeks before cutting it off or else let the leaves die down naturally whilst other plants appear around them to disguise the fading leaves - assuming you have them in a mixed border

the plants from the area thinking they had been eradicated. Following this i planted up the border with many perennials, but the anemone keeps on fighting its way through and over powering all my other plants. I constantly pull it out so its getting better

I need a bit help please with my borders i am new to planting i have got a range of seeds from. Antirrhinum,foxglove,aster perennial, cornflower, geum,dahlia,calendula,swan river daisy, marigold, nigella[miss jekyll},mixed annuals

Hi ,last week i tried the flour and water slug traps along with a sugar one the same way,,, results sugar trap 4,,,, flour trap first 3 days 20 last 4 days 32 all  mixed  sizes i also had an old shed door lieing flat on a bed im getting ready

I'd be really pleased to have suggestions from your combined brains for one of the borders in my garden - on a slope, overhung by a large hawthorn (a lovely tree), and facing south and consequently has poor soil.  i have a rosa rugosa that does

scraping off the top inch of soil and refilling with compost mixed with slow release fertiliser.  When you can no longer get the top inch off because it is so full of roots you do exactly what you have just done. I assume they are in the grey pots

.Once planted, my flower borders go into overdrive, spreading as they want with very little direction from me. Neighbouring plants mix and mingle, looking far more natural to my eye than carefully orchestrated displays. One spreader I love is alstroemeria, which

boarders that are low maintenance but add some colour in the summer/spring months. So far I have on my list white roses, daffodils, lavender, white hydrangeas, mixed peonies and small topiary plants. Am I on the right track? Thanks in advance! If those

made a frame out of 2x2 baton that fitted my wheelbarrow, and proceeded to cut the wire to size and then stapled it to the frame to make a giant sieve. Everytime I sort a border I stick the whole lot to a depth of a foot or so through the sieve