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 good soil for these deciduous shrubs ismade by mixing a fair quantity of silver sand with good fibrous peat. The plants must never be allowed to become too wet nor too dry, and must be shaded from e...
A hardy annual that is very pretty when in flower;suitable for borders. Flourishes in any soil, and is easily raised from seed sown in spring. Blooms in June and July. There are also perennial varieti...
A very elegant and graceful species of Bent-Grass. It is ahardy annual, and is largely used for bouquets. Sow the seed in March. Height, 1 ft. to 1-1/2 ft.
Useful for dampmeadows.
A hardy herbaceous perennial, suitable for the frontof borders. It will grow in any soil, and may be propagated by seeds or division. May is its flowering season. Height, 6 in.
This greenhouse evergreen twining plant delights in asoil of loam and peat; flowers in March, and is increased by dividing the roots. Height, 10 ft.
A useful hardy perennial forrock-work. It will grow in any soil, if not too wet, and may be increased by seed sown in the spring or early autumn, or by dividing the roots. It flowers in June. Height,...
A hardy, bulbous perennial. Plant in October orNovember in any garden soil, and the flowers will be borne in July. Height, 1 ft.
This is popularly known as the "Star." It bearslarge heads of pure white flowers, and is suitable for borders, pots, or forcing in a cool house. Any common soil suits it. It is increased by off-sets....
A pretty and free-blooming half-hardy annual, which producesfine spikes of orange-scarlet flowers in June. It is multiplied by cuttings or seeds. Height, 1 ft. to 1-1/2 ft.
Strong-growing and verynutritious. ANTHOXANTHUM ODORATUM (True Sweet Vernal),--Hardy and gives fragrance to hay.