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there are seedheads of annual poppies. There are still some in flower but they are very late - usually because they have sown themselves somewhere a little shadier or generally less conducive to enthusiastic growth.Left untroubled, the ripened and fading carcasses

Save money by collecting and storing seed of your favourite hardy annuals, to sow next year. Saving seed from pot marigold, Calendula officinalis, couldn't be easier. Ensure you allow the seedheads to fully develop on the plant before collecting

can anyone advise please,I put my agapanthus  seedheads in a big polystyrene box last year to keep them frostfree,put them in the shed,today took the lid off and WOW I thought I had lots of maggots,but the  seeds had started  sprouting,they where

The amelanchiers here are looking super now and the liquidambers are coming on The European spindles are just about to open their pink seedheads to show their bright orange berries. Autumn colour is good this year, especially the shrubs like

minutesCut the seedheads from your allium plants as they start to break open. Bring them indoors and let them dry out before tapping out the seeds and storing them in labelled paper envelopes.AdamIf the weather is damp when you pick the seedheads from your

Was interrupted by trying to upload photo and failing.  Sorry.  This plant is very like a dandelion but taller with thin grass-like leaves emanating from its stem.  The flower is like a "neat" dandelion and the seedhead is just beautiful.  Huge

Saving seed from your garden plants is easy to do and will provide you with plenty to sow next season. Leave a few seedheads on your plants after they've finished flowering, removing the rest to conserve the plant's energy. Alternatively

Collect seed from allium seedheads and sow straight away into seed compostPlant evergreen shrubs and conifer hedgesCarefully dig up gladioli corms and overwinter in cool, dry storage conditionsLift and pot up tender perennials to protect over winter

Clear away annual climbers, like sweet peas and morning glory, growing on obelisksPick seedheads and evergreen foliage and mix with fruit such as clementines or limes to make a fresh Christmas wreathMove tubs of shrubs or winter bedding to a

displays to bring under cover for winter protectionPick leaves affected by rose blackspot and collect any lying on the ground nearbyCut down perennials whose seedheads aren't worth keeping, digging in compost around them