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.
These prefer a good stiff, rather moist, but well-drainedloam, enriched with well-rotted cow-dung, and a sunny situation. February is probably the best time for planting, though some prefer to do it i...
Hardy perennial. Roots used as a radish; they have a nuttyflavour.
A pretty dwarf perennial, suitable for moistinterstices of rock-work. It should be planted in a slanting position, so that the roots, while absorbing plenty of moisture, will not rot through being con...
For an early supply sow on a gentle hotbed under a frame inJanuary, February, and March. For succession sow thinly on a warm and sheltered border early in March. Follow on with sowings in the open til...
Rich dark-blue or reddish-purpleflowers. Very free-flowering and fine for massing. It is similar to the Cape Hyacinth, but flowers in denser spikes.
Plant in autumn in a moist but well-drained soil. Cuttingsof stout stems 6 or 8 in. long, firmly and deeply planted in a shady situation, mulched with leaf-mould, and kept watered in dry weather, will...
A handsome evergreen Oak, delighting in a deep, loamysoil. It is propagated by seed sown as soon as it is ripe.
Beautiful early-flowering trees, which will grow in any soil,and can be increased by seeds or suckers.