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leave some in to see! This year they were ‘somthing else’!Then, while on the tender perennial daisies, what about dahlias? The commercially available Bishop’s Children seed earned top marks last year. However several years ago I grew on seed from a

with thin canes then they will flower upright til the autumn.  The golden oat grass is lovely plant. If you don't grow this then do. Planted some perennials and hardening off my tender plants Just googled golden oat grass and it does look nice. I wonder

cuttings too and all make full-sized flowering plants next year. I dig them up because after flowering they are attacked by snails and I can put in a tender perennial. I label lupins splits or cuttings by colour. Lupins are at their best in first year I

hoping to extend pergola round to incorporate a swing seat and more screening from next door ....along with the other thousand things on my to do list ???? Hiya Sam. I have loads of tender perennials, new plants purchased and growing away and old

.  Early spring just means stuff gets excited, puts on tender, sappy new growth and then gets zapped by a whopper frost in March or April.   Slow spring is much better. I've had the Spring feeling for about a week now. I live in South East UK where the snow

't perennial and would like to increase my stock.  1: Can I take cuttings? if so what time of the year? (bearing in mind they are only about 12cm plants now). 2: I would like to keep them for next year aswell and keep growing my stock, Whats the best way? I

.edrom-nurseries.co.uk/shop/pc/Japanese-Hepaticas-c24.htm Check out the eye watering prices. And here http://www.slacktopnurseries.co.uk/expression/index.php/plants/ The Japanese ones are the tender ones too!  Far too much money for a fussy plant, and tiny too. Weren't they absolutely beautiful, spent

Couldn't grow lily of the valley but now its a weed....aah! Such is lifeCan grow tender perennials and, of ourselves, my hellebores Gardening Grandma wrote (see) Golly, Brumbull, your head must be bursting with ideas! Quite a few current threads were started

and of varying heights and also perennial if possible. thanks everyone in advance Yvonne It depends on what you want to grow-heating a greenhouse is expensive -so much heat is lost through the glass A lot of seeds can be started off indoors-in a propagator

I know it seeds itself, and it has, but being a tender perennial as an insurance I've tried to grow it from packet seed myself the last 2 years. Not a one germinates- Zilch! Mrs P says in her review that it grows easily, so Mrs P can you give me