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and help create steady but sure growth.  Gromore and the like are fast acting So for annuals, tender perennials, tomatoes, some fruit Gromore has a role to play but I Much prefer organic fertilisers like seaweed spray   I have had excellent results

-stop, producing these beautiful floral discs continually - new ones opening as quickly as faded ones are snipped away.Like most tender perennial summer bedding plants these osteospermums have three requirements. First they need regular water, and soon tell you

I've always had a soft spot for chrysanthemums, and it's during autumn that they really reward you with the flower you've been anticipating all year. I can't think of another hardy perennial for pots or borders that looks so bright and colourful

, hardy frost tolerant A biennial will take one year from sowing to flower to set seed -it is usually hardy A perennial will flower year after year after year-however some are short-lived some are tender,some not. It is not easy or straightforward

that they were so young and tender they should be protected. They are a couple of inches high but not very bushy.  Should I have been pinching out the middle leaves?  Having a bit of a "senior moment" with the photo! At last! Oh-that is different-not what I

Have I persuaded any,of you to try salvia patens or any other blue flowering ones? They are tender,perennials treated much the same as dahlias and also form tubers. They flower for months,,have scented leaves but what glorious blue flowers. Keep

and buyers locate there. Plants I have not heard of, tender and not so tender are available. I like heligan, they have a good collection of hellebores, I went there at the end of February as they have a hellebore week.They sell them but they are a bit pricey

be great. It has been a miserable year for seedlings. It will depend on the type of seeds, you can sow biennials now, hardy annuals can be sown in the autumn for early summer flowers. It is too late for tender plants but if you have a cold frame you could

. And on this board we're often asked to identify plants which turn out to be weeds and which I would have pulled out at the two-leaf stage or before.  Of course, being able to identify which are weeds and which are our seedlings or precious perennials is one

it nice with hardy perennial ground cover,soil is poor and coastal im loving my new look veg patch in my front garden but need advice on raising tomatoes beetroot and parsnips from seed Michael, do search our web site for more information on these