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Keep baskets and patio pots wateredSpray roses to protect them from pests and diseasesCut the foliage of daffodils and tulips down to the groundTrim box topiary and formal edging to keep it neat and tidyTake cuttings of non-flowering new shoots from

their shoots into the soilCut down old stems on spring-flowering euphorbias, taking care not to get the milky sap on your skinGive hanging baskets and patio pots a weekly liquid feedRemove flower heads from flag irises as petals fadePrune back flowered stems

Keep lawn edges trimmed by cutting with a half-moon edging toolLook out for cabbage white butterfly eggs and rub them off with your fingersRemove blanket weed from pondsFeed hanging baskets and patio pots every weekPrune fast-growing hedges like

Plant crocuses, fritillaries and dwarf narcissus in lawns Plant up patio pots for autumn interestLift gladioli, clean the corms and store them in a shed or garagePrune rambling and climbing roses, and shorten long shoots on standard roses

for fruit trees (apples in part.). I also have a tiny backgarden (see from my logo above), with a ca. 3 x 3m patio in natural sandstone between my house and the green area pictured above. For now, I put the incinerator in a shed. So more precisely my

Is there such a thing as a climber that is tolerant of dog wee? I have a lovely arch I was growing a passionflower across but run off from the area of the patio that my dog insists on weeing on has caused it to wither and die. I am assuming

'. It's easy to grow, and great in a patio pot. But what about those you've grown this year? Have you grown any new varieties from seed this year? How did they perform? Would you grow them again? Whether your favourites were sweet peas, hardy annuals

I have a lemon tree which is about 5 years old. It is in a pot which spends the summer on a south facing patio and the winter in a north facing glass fronted double glazed porch. Each year the fruit has set but turns black before ripening. What

My garden is being taken over by aquilegias they are coming up in the patio in tubs and borders if you need any seeds ive kept a lot from last years flowers Hi Joyce, they do take over don't they. but I love them so much I've grown 5 or 6 new

of sun, can anyone help please? where is the palm situated ? on patio in full sun in large pot Eventually the leaves will go brown as the new growth comes, is it likely this is just the old leaves dying back. Do you have a photo you can add? How long