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(Thrift) etc. Several small bulbs should be OK, such as Grape hyacinths, crocus, snowdrops, the smaller alliums (onions) eg. chives or ornamental speacies. Maybe liriope or some of the coloured leaf sedges. Just look for the smaller grass like plants

bouquets are great, better than the finest man-made ornaments, though I don't like dahlias as cut flowers very much; they look oddly crude and earwigs are liable to crawl out of them. I once came back from Wales with the car full of cheap daffs

. Artemesia limelight is a pain, but others are Ok, it used to turn up in hanging baskets but not so much now I'm glad to say.  After all, Japanese knotweed was introduced as an ornamental plant - a message to ponder maybe.  One mans invasive pest is another

year. Cuttings are easy, too.Sarah's pondlife - I suspected you may already have many of those plants growing. Do you grow ornamental grasses? Red and white campion wok well in my shady garden, also hebe. I'll think of some more for you. No offence

friends! Anything that is tall and creates good clumps work well I have found, also mixing in good size ornamental grasses with your plants can help? Raised beds are another alternative which have also worked for me? I also have a wildlife & wild flower

combos and NO ornamental grasses visible.  Joe Smith's garden looked fab at first glance but was very short on plants  from some angles and that red cedar would need an awful lot of maintenance to keep it glowing red like the Tibetan cherry bark and once

if this is usual! The snow predicted for tomorrow could put a halt to all that I suppose.... The so-called "botanical crocuses" are opening in the sunshine and my "Gypsy Girl" had too last week but they have now keeled over in the frost.  The ones in grass

Here goes the full on month of June Some more photos, hope you don't get bored            and just to show the massive gaps...   An Invitation to View Junw 2012. Ok,so here is the garden this morning. I could go through and put names on the plan...

weather and I've just come in from a whole day's digging. All the raspberry roots appear to be gone from my sun border but I discovered a new problem. My very mature Pampas grass is rotten to the core! I have to admit to being a little lazy about

insuafe they avoid the food i put out all together. ive seen one magpie attemtping to steal marbles from a hideous garden ornament the previous owners left and 2 pidgeons fighting to the point where one of them had to be caught and killed