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.
Beautiful half-hardy annuals. For early flowering sowthe seed in September: for later blooms sow in February in slight heat, pot off, affording good drainage to the plants. They are very sensitive to...
A good twining plant for the greenhouse, producingfragrant cream-coloured flowers in July. It will grow in any good loamy soil, and may be increased by cuttings. Height, 3 ft.
Bears very fragrant purplish flowers.
To eradicate moss from fruit-trees wash the branches withstrong brine or lime water. If it makes its appearance on the lawn, the first thing to do is to ensure a good drainage to the ground, rake the...
A most beautiful half-hardy annual of the Antirrhinum class.Sow the seed early in spring on a hotbed, and plant out in May in rich, light soil. Cuttings of the young wood will strike under glass. Heig...
A very useful plant for hanging baskets.It can be trained as a pyramid or allowed to hang down; in many cases it is employed as edgings. It is of easy culture, and does well as a window plant or in a...
Pretty, neat, and compact hardy annuals, well worthcultivating. They succeed best in a moist and shady situation, delight in peat or vegetable mould, and when grown in circles are very striking. If wa...
This pretty Moss-like plant isfairly hardy, and is eminently suited for a sheltered position on the rockery. The soil should consist of leaf-mould and sand, and overhead sprinkling with soft water is...
These shrubs thrive in ordinary soil, and are increased bycuttings of the young wood. They flower in July. N. Torreyi bears white Spiraea-like flowers, which are very effective. Height, 6 ft.
Require the same treatment as the Peach. In fact, theNectarine stone sometimes produces a Peach, and a Peach stone often produces a Nectarine. Fairchild's, Humboldt, Lord Napier, and Red Roman are use...