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I have a shallow raised bed of asparaus which is just 3 years old and I am about to replace the temprary wooden edging used to create it.  The new edging will allow me to increase the depth of the bed by about 3 inches giving the crowns a deep mulch

for the best? Thanks for any advice! It is wrong advice based on that in nature they are found in dappled sun in woodlands. They like any loose compost, so any from the garden centre, with a mulch and feed and they will be fine. I've never planted any of my

hi all, any body know the best thing to do with red hot pokers over the winter. they look so untidy right now and i would dearly love to cut them off around ground level and give them a good mulch to protect them. any ideas? many thanks Hello

where the new shoots are and you can cut the old wood back to the new sproutings. Emma gardenersworld.com team Hi Annie, I live in West Devon, and agree with Emma, cut them down in the Spring, they would also benefit from a nice dollop of mulch about 4

ALSTROMERIAS When the flowers fade, do I cut down the stems or pull them from the ground? I have read that both are correct, but which is best for the plant?  I always pull them out of the ground, was told to dry mulch them over winterhave not done

growth low down for the new growth to grow out from (if you get me) and it'll be covered in flowers every year.  A good mulch and it'll be vine  Thank you.

an extraordinary number of fruit forming. However it has now developed peach curl. I have removed the effected leaves. I have read elsewhere that I should take off the fruit, feed I, mulch under it and then " keep my fingers crossed for next year" My question

, trimming off faded blooms, digging out weeds and replenishing mulches of gritKeep a few bedding plants in reserve to plug gaps where disasters strike

Divide large clumps of crocosmia and replant into freshly prepared soilSpread a thick mulch of compost or bark over the soil around dahlias and agapanthus

Plant tulip bulbs in groups to make drifts of spring colourAfter first frosts, lift and store dahlia tubers or leave in the ground but mulch heavilyPlant evergreen shrubs and conifers, including new hedgesLift tender cannas to avoid frost damage