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I overwintered my Zantedechia rhizomes in a paper bag and planted them out in containers in early May. So far I have a lush growth of leaves but not a sign of any flowers coming up. Am I being impatient? I know they take about 3 months to flower

bit late- and it hasn't been a year of sunshine You have two choices- plant now if you feel it is big enough to survive the winter or my preferred choice would be to over-winter in a greenhouse or cold frame -protect from the nasty,slimy, ones Think I

if the roots freeze in the pots they will not be happy-I would not plant them in the borders now -leave that till next spring -that gives them 6 months or so until winter 2013 to get their roots into the soil-I would over-winter this year in the greenhouse

Clearing greenhouse around a bit I had a tub with few packs of seeds dahlia, cosmos which had fell off and disappeared under plants overwintering... Will they be ok to use ? Nothing to lose, sow them and see. Bunny, only one way to find out, make up

for it and enjoy. I had a packet of "giant flowered"dahlia seed last year. I grew about a dozen plants and they flowered all autumn. I used them for cut flowers. I lifted the tubers, overwintered them and replanted in pots when they started shooting. They are now

Can anyone help, I have a small wooden grow house which I have been trying to overwinter various plants and cuttings.  Just recently I have noticed a lot of the plants are rotting. I haven't been watering so could this be caused by condensation

The rich copper colours of the verbascum, fennel, sedum and diascia plants in this pot echo the colour of the warm terracotta pot beneath. Tall copper flower spikes of the verbascum give height to the display while the wispy, feathery foliage

In mid-spring, 2mm-long, greenish-brown, adult bay suckers emerge from overwintering. They feed on young bay leaves, turning them yellow and making the edges thicken and curl. The females then lay eggs under the curling edges and the new, young grey

stems of sedumsClear borders and rake up leaves FlowersKeep harvesting root vegetables as they matureOrder seed potatoes, onion sets and shallotsStretch netting over brassicasFruit & vegSow onion seed under cover, and keep warmCheck overwintering plants

Can anyone suggest why my verbena bonariensis every year looks healthy at the end of winter and then dies off outside? I do hedge my bets though and take cuttings each autumn which I find easily root, and overwinter in a cold greenhouse where most