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will give you some basics. Sage works well as part of mixed borders and thyme is always useful.Jekka's farm is usually closed to the public but there are 15 open days next year when everybody is welcome.

use this technique to grow flowering perennials and biennials as well as hardy annuals to brighten up you beds and borders. Sow into weed-free soil that has been dug, forked and raked to create a fine surface structure or 'tilth'. SeedsArea of prepared

-draining compost mixed with a few handfuls of horticultural grit or sand.In late-summer, the thrift produces papery, yellow seedheads - make the most of them by placing the pot where the low afternoon sun can shine through them.More ideas for summer colourCreate a

bin from time to time. Either plunge in a fork and turn the material, or tip out all the contents and mix-up as you return it.Moss in borders and growing on shrub stems indicates a very moist environment, high rainfall, etc. Sometimes you'll be able

, you still need buy seed compost or do as I do mix your own with bought compost fine grit and washed sand.Just keep doing what you do and use it copiously around your plants and on the borders. Frank. I've only been gardening since I retired and we

try white ones with trailing pelegoniums and mixed blue/white lobelia in hanging baskets, brighten up that shady corner also good in tubs!! Ah, but aren't the borders outside the Tate by a german lady?!! What a lot of Bizzie-Lizzie lovers there are out

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

Hi everyone.. we are in the process of relaying our garden path and i am having borders down each side and some spreading out to incorporate the other ones i have.. I have looked up adn read many articles about this and some say you should have

ripping out the lawn and a whole herbaceous border - to be replaced by a gravel path, three raised beds and a greenhouse. No more mowing of the lawn (or arguments about why it hadn't been mown). If you're a busy person, it makes more sense to have

flowerheads in summer. It will perform equally well in a sunny border or a container.Jarava ichuThis easy-to-grow bearded iris, with butter yellow and lavender petals, will flower from late-May to mid-June.Iris 'Lullaby of Spring'This short, smoky yellow iris