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perfectly suited to the smaller garden. It has pure white star-shaped (hence the name 'stellata' as in 'constellation') flowers. It grows very slowly and will reach only about 1.5m after 10 years: given perfect conditions it will eventually top out at about

Hi all, I'm new to gardening and like the idea of growing my own veg and having a nice flower border and containers. My problem is my garden is 8m x 8m and mainly laid to lawn. The soil is very moist all year round due to bad drainage

to do this year as I wanted more colours was to buy a collection of 12 mixed plants, they do self seed freely so when they do I was going to llift the seedlngs to bring them on. Greenshoot and weejenny:  did you see the Gardener's World 27th April

I'm sure I've read somewhere that courgettes can be grown on compost heaps; ours is the usual mix of garden rubbish & horse manure.  Am I right and has anyone successfully done this? Well I've never done it myself as I have dalek compost bins, but I

Hi, I'm very interested in container gardening and using recycled plastic bottles to grow things in Which brings me on to my next questions - Is it possible to grow mint from seeds in a plastic bottle? Which variety might work best - Spearmint

I haven't got around to the planned big tree chop this autumn/winter AGAIN so was hoping for some help with getting some summer colour in the shady bit of my garden - it needs to flower for ages - perhaps something tender or half

= structure and shape. then fill in spaces with perrenials and bulbs etc. How do you go about planting up a long border? Ive found a planting plan online (http://www.contemporarygardendesign.co.uk/shady-border-plant-group/) that i like and suits my garden

I am currently working on a bit of a weekend project with my grandfather to restore his garden to its former glory. It would be a brilliant help if you could identify any of the plants in the following photos.         No photos yet Gerard Photos

I have most of these plants but find that they dont self seed very easily in my shady acid soil garden. My friend who has a sunny garden with wonderful crumbly soil is always pulling out seedlings which threaten to over-run her garden. I suppose

butterfly populations and identify any changes, which could indicate wider environmental problems.I've always gardened with butterflies in mind, but so few come into my shady London plot that I've never given them much attention. After working on content