Independent gardening advice for real gardens, balconies and windowsills.
Practical advice on growing food and flowers, improving soil, and making the most of small spaces. Start anywhere — the garden will meet you.
A fine, variegated, large-leavedevergreen, very suitable for covering a low wall, or for conservatory decoration. It delights in a compost of loam and peat, and is propagated by cuttings planted in a...
Very pretty flowering shrubs for walls, borders, orrockeries. They require a light, rich soil, and may be increased by seeds sown early in spring on a gentle hotbed. Height, 2 ft.
Pretty evergreen shrubs, suitable for thegreenhouse. They thrive best in a mixture of peat and loam, and require the pots to be well drained. To have nice bushy plants they must be pinched back well....
Exceedingly pretty hardy annuals. Sow the seed in light soilearly in spring where it is to flower, and thin out so that the plants have plenty of room. They bloom in July. Height, 1-1/2 ft.
Hardy perennial. Used in salads and in fish sauce, also forgarnishing dishes.
Elegant half-hardy annuals. Sow the seed on a peat soil. Ifthis be done in autumn, they will flower in April or May; if sown in spring, they will bloom in autumn. Height, 6 in.
Most Ferns delight in a loose soil, an abundance of moisture,and a warm, humid atmosphere. The stove and greenhouse kinds are best cultivated in a mixture of sandy loam and peat. The hardy kinds grow...