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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

Tagetes Minuta Posted: Today at 09:27 I recently read a letter in the December issue of the Gardeners World Magazine about Tagetes Minuta killing perenniel weeds. Does anybody know if it is safe to grow with ornamental annuals and perenniels or does

, consider alternatives to bamboo. Ornamental grasses like miscanthus, stipa, Calamagrostis grow quickly and flower well. while choosing best one you need to go with size.. You will find that many bamboo species can vary considerably in size depending

Hi, I am new to this so please bare with me. I have built up a huge amount of compost over a few years. Grass cuttings etc. were dumped at the top of my garden and ignored while we decorated the house. We are now starting on the Garden and I thought

and after with a team off screen doing for them and not showing how they achieved it, which is missing the point of how it is done. All of youwho lie ornamental grasses should not miss "How to grow a Planet" tonight at 9pm on BBC2.  It is about how

rather than just contrasting ones....followed by shape and form and then ornamental grasses. Now I like some loud colours again....just a few to jolt the eye...but appreciate more the association of complementary colours, the mixture of spikes

. I also have a large border that is open to the elements and also on a hill, I have hebe's, foxgloves, hollyhocks, lupins, poppies, cornflowers , echinacea, correopsis, ornamental grasses and verbascum.  Thanks for the advice. Im new to gardening ,It

, tomatoes, beans and peas. Ornamental plants, especially roses and delphiniums, are also affected. This abnormal growth has been attributed to a weedkiller, which is widely used by farmers on grassland to kill broad-leafed weeds, such as chickweeed, fat hen

some yrs ago has made the wet conditions worse. Since I garden on dry, East facing, part-shade conditions I'm at a loss to know where to start. There are large areas of 'moor grass'/mollina. She doesnt want a pristine lawn, thank goodness. Once we

's the Japanese  one.  Lovely pink, white foliage. Acer flamingo too is beautiful ...pink, white, cream and pale green foliage.  I prune hard every spring for a 6' or 7' frothy mound all summer Phormiums and  ornamental grasses add movement and grace to a  border