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.
Plant the bulbs in February inlight, loamy soil, placing them 2 in. deep and 3 in. apart. They are readily increased by off-sets from the bulb. September is their flowering season. Height, 3 in. (See...
Tender perennial shrubs of some merit, requiring theprotection of a greenhouse. Keep the plants root-bound and near the glass, with a good supply of heat and moisture. They succeed best in a mixture o...
Ornamental evergreen shrubs. A mixture of peat and loam,with a sheltered position, is their delight. Cuttings will strike in sand if covered with glass. They produce their flowers in July. Height, 2 f...
Most elegant hardy annuals, doing well in any garden soil.The seed is sown in autumn for early flowering, and in spring for a later display. Bloom May to August. Height, 1 ft.
Hardy annuals, possessing little beauty. Treat asCollinsia. Flower in July. Height, 1 ft. to 2 ft.
This hardy perennial flowers before the leaves appear.It grows best in a moist, clayey soil, and may be increased by pieces of the running root.
A shrub with Acacia-likeleaves and producing yellow Pea-shaped flowers in July, followed with bladder-shaped seed vessels. It will grow in any soil, and may be raised either from seed or cuttings take...
A prettygreenhouse climber, bearing cobalt-blue flowers. It should occupy a sunny position, and be watered freely from March to September, after which very little should be given.
Perfectly hardy plants, bearing in June blue orwhite flowers the size of a shilling. The bulbs may be planted in spring in any garden soil; the plants are increased by off-sets. Height, 1-1/2 ft.
Get a heap of dead leaves and press and jam them downas closely as possible. Then take as much manure, in appearance, as you have dead leaves, and for each cartload have two bushels of unslaked quickl...
This ornamental deciduous shrub is quitehardy, but requires a light, sandy loam or peat soil and a shady situation. It is increased by layers. Blooms in April. Height, 4 ft.