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piles of flowerpots and debrisRaise patio containers on feet or bricksAvoid walking on lawns covered with heavy frostAround the gardenCut back ornamental miscanthus grassTrim back ivy and Virginia creeper Clear away dead foliage from perennials

.Prepare soil ready for sowing a lawn or laying turf during September and OctoberTop up water levels in pebble fountains and poolsDeal with problem lawn weedsAround the gardenSave seed from ornamental annual quaking grassWater camellias regularlySummer prune

when the grass has gone yellow. I buy ornamental yarrow in assorted colours for my borders but also have the wild form growing happily in a partciularly dry patch of grass.  I leave it uncut and it flowers on short stems and attracts a host of insects

are not that deep but very matted, so a bit of wellie is essential.   I was advised to burn mine as a method of cutting back. Lovely bonfire......but the PG never recovered - sad! Probably for the best John Ornamental grasses like stipa gigantea, Calamagrostis

on the spot or move like a car or one of the large expensive lawn mowers? Other flaws i believe the lawn mower possess:Electric mowers wire trailing behindCleaning and maintenanceweight of the mowerTurning the grass into a useful source for gardening

in the clay like soil x Hi Chellie I googled "plants suited to clay soil" you'll find lots of plants. I know my brother had clay soil and he had a great display with an ornamental rhubarb. I have one now they are a real statement plant, good for height in a

I'm not ashamed to admit that I like dandelions. I think their flowers are beautiful, their leaves and form attractive (indeed considerably more so than many so-called ornamentals) and hoverflies seem to like them too.They can be a pain when

Please could someone help me decide what to put in there, I would like a bold one and a duller one and one in the middle. Preferably alright for bees too Those are quite stylish - I think I'd plant them with something equally stylish - ornamental grasses http://www.montroseofguernsey.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Grasses

, and are tough. Vincas provide strong ground cover. Ornamental grasses like carex and festuca might be good. The RHS website  has a garden planner where you can feed in information about your needs and get a list of plants. Just type rhs,org,uk/plant selector

of each crinkled leaf and the reddish pink below is stunning. Who needs flowers when you've got colour like this?Many of my patio pots are planted for season-long impact, and that often means foliage wins over flowers. I've pots of ornamental grasses like