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 handsome species of St. Peter's Wort.The shrubs will grow in any ordinary soil, are hardy, and readily propagated by suckers, which are produced abundantly; or cuttings may be taken either in spring...
Well-known hardy perennials, and deservedly favouriteborder plants, which may be grown in any good soil; but to have them to perfection they should be placed in light, loamy ground mixed with a little...
Sweet-scented, Thistle-shaped hardy annual flowers,which are very useful for cutting. They may be raised in any garden soil from seed sown in March or April, and will flower in August. Height, 1-1/2 f...
The soil most suitable for the growth of this fruit isa rich, deep, adhesive loam. July or early in August is the best time to make new beds, but if the ground be not then available runners from the o...
A handsome herbaceous perennial which is quitehardy, but owing to the late period at which it flowers its blooms are liable to be cut off by frosts. It is therefore more suitable for a cool house than...