where flowers can get damaged by frost. Plant into well-prepared, free-draining soil improved with organic matter. When planting in pots, use a soil-based peat-free ericaceous compost. Water well in ...

Summer bulbs are usually on sale from early spring onwards ... This is known as planting 'in the green'. For these plants make a hole wide and deep enough to allow room for the roots to spread ...

If you want to fill your garden with colour next spring, plant bulbs from October to December, before the first frost. Daffodils, tulips, crocus, grape hyacinths and fritillarias are just some of ...

He lives on a farm near our cottage and grows plants. This summer, he was ambitious and in the early spring he planted well over 100 varieties of seeds and seedlings in his meadow garden. I was lucky ...