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Thanks for all the replies! I do like it too, it is a pretty plant, but I was just worried about it taking over the garden! So will remove spent flower heads before they go to seed.I think I saw a Hawk Moth Caterpillar last year, it was really pretty!

I have the same problem with Stella. I try to keep on top of it by having a birdfeeder hanging in the tree all year to attract the tits who while waiting their turn at the feeder eat a few aphids....that's the theory. Also I pick off any infested leaves or shoots as soon as I see signs of...

Thank you so much for the pruning information. It is very useful to know what we should be aiming for! Last year we lost a lot of fruit because the tree seemed very congested in the middle - obviously we should be trying to thin it out in the centre. We have just bought a lovely little...

This is how there's are...so they could be taller

Here we go.(First attempt at a photo on here!)

I leave all my bulbs in the ground . The few Tulips I have in large containers I let die back for as long as I can . When I need to plant up the container for summer , I lift the bulbs and stems and lay them in trays covered with damp compost. A month later I clean the bulbs off and store them...

Bargain, although the offsets may take two/three years to flower.

Always Plant From Seed Root VegetablesBeets Carrots Parsnips Radishes Rutabaga Salsify Turnips

@redstar Thats a BEEutiful purple carpet of blooms I just LOVE your garden for sharing your AMAZing video footage

Good points, ok, I’ll get the bulbs as recommended on here

Hello @tyrion to GC and ice to have you with us ....members are very helpful mate if you need any advice to add a discussion plus added pictures are a bonus

Yes Snoozle, using a garden fork to spike lawn surface. Its hard work but does make a difference. I still feel getting shed in is first job to do. Ha ha, when I compared your plot to my niece's she has just had a new puppy too The summer, being warmer and drier.....hopefully...will give you a...

Cosmos is great for height, and lavateras give shrubbiness easily. If you can find suitable colours, go for them Personally I cheat in order to prolong the flowering period of hardy annuals. I sow a handful of those cardboard seedling pots in February, pot them on about now, and sow another...

Hi @rebecca harmston I totally agree with @NigelJ leave well alone as the weather is to much all over the show and i've lost good healthy plants already which have been replaced with grasses as they're very hardy...best of luck though mate and crossed when the weather pic's up..they regenerate

The Begonia is the standard pot Begonia Elatior and could after repotting last for several months in flower. Hydrangea doesn't necessarily need ericaceous compost but will help to maintain the blue colour although Hydrangea colourant (Aluminium sulphate) is normally used.Kalanchoe need gritty...

Thanks everyone...advice will be followed!!!

Not Brookside nursery is it Greg? Phone them to delay delivery date.

@martin-f mines lying dormant at the moment mate but I do know what I have have ...as I kept the labels

My Alliums aren't showing yet. I've planted another 25 of the Superglobe mixed from J Parkers. Should look lovely by mid-May

This is the first day that I put the plants outside and I brought them back in at around 5pm, I wouldn't just leave them out all night as well, straight away, without slowly aclimatising them first. But still, maybe they just didn't like being out there all day.Yes it probably was a bit...