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little room. Happy Christmas. I am looking out on my garden in dispair as it looks dreadful, not being as strong as I once was I can't see it ever recovering but one can hope that when all this snow disapears that I will be hit by inspiration, and all

dropped off most of my bamboo - about 8ft high - in this winters severe snow. the botton foot of only 1/8 th of the stems has leaves. Will this survive and develop new growth? Do warn people that bamboo is very very invasive and will come up through

for it to be serious. Not doubt this acceptance of each other will disappear when breeding time approaches! It is snowing today where I live, (N.E.Scotland) so the garden has been full of hungry birds all day, and all types, even had the greater spotted woodpecker

think they'd be able to fly out. They're not much deeper than my pond, and I've seen birds fly out of that easily enough. @happymarion - yes but it's soon faded with all this snow! Great idea re sunken buckets. Kate Great idea, I have an old tin bath

with metres of snow so the blossom is a little late in coming out. And, yes, it produces fruit: small bright scarlet cornels, oval in shape, that are very tart if eaten unripe. You have to wait for the cornels to turn almost dark red before they are ready

now, having survived snow and hail over the last week.  I'm in Fife, five miles from the sea. Thanks Yarrow & Laura Funnily enough i have planted two montana's and have a polish spirit waiting to be planted when i find the right spot, lovely picture

it will not flower in its first year-takes a while to settle down and makes root rather than flower but they are really tough plants, survive outdoors, through frost and snow and still return. Have two just coming into flower now Thank you sotongeoff. They have

, Not sure if i will put them in the greenhouse or tuck them in a corner of the gardenwhere they will be clear from any frost or snow. Still trying to find room in the garden for the lavenders i got last year, think i might have to dig up a bit more

but kept it indoors as the weather up here in Scotland has been dreadful ( it snowed the first weekend in May ).  I found a beetle on it, which my husband 'eradicated' and we thought no more about it.  I'd never heard of rosemary beetles. This morning I

how hardy is that, will they survive snow and being planted out over winter untill next year.       They will survive over winter in this country and flower next year All my early sown biennials have been planted and seem to be doing well, especially