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.
Very pretty hardy annuals. Sow the seed inautumn in a light, rich soil, or in spring if a less prolonged flowering season will give satisfaction. Bloom in May or June. Height, 1 ft.
For pot-plants on terraces, gravelwalks, and such like places, few things can equal and none surpass Cannas. They are half-hardy perennials, and may be increased from seed or by dividing the roots lat...
This half-hardy Hemp is grown forits ornamental foliage, and is treated as above described. Height, 6 ft.
Showy hardy biennials, which may be raised fromseed sown in the spring. Transplant in the autumn to the border where they are intended to flower. The seed may also be sown in a sheltered position in A...
Sow early in March in well-drained pots of rich, light,free mould; cover the seed with 1/2 in. of soil, and keep it constantly moist at a temperature of 65 degrees. When strong enough to handle put tw...
A biennial. Leaves used in soups, and the seeds inconfectionery and medicine.
Charming, sweet-scented flowers, suitable for either potcultivation or the border. In August or September place five bulbs in a well-drained 5-in. pot, using rich, light, very sandy soil; cover them c...
A hardy herbaceous plant of easy culture from seed sownin spring or autumn in any garden soil. It produces bright orange flowers from June to August. Height, 1 ft.
This hardy herbaceous perennial will grow in anykind of soil. It flowers in August, and can be increased by division. Height, 1 ft.
A hardy perennial. Makes a useful tea and wine for fevers.