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I think you end up with stronger plants by overwintering, maybe just my thinking, long time since I've grown them. Tbh.Fox gloves and wallflowers are a bit tougher IMO.

We had a kind of sunshine at 10.15 AM yesterday morning and I checked what the greenhouse gets at that time. What looks unimpressive to some, is hope in my case. The morning sun is high enough to shine over the roof into the garden. I had to wait almost 4 months to see that again.

Mystery is solved, ticket can be changed to Solved.

I also passed a house near where I live and that had a nice couple of rhododendron in the border, quite close to the rose bushes, should I knock on their door and have a word? I didn’t bother as could tell by the label on the rhododendron it was a cheap one from Lidls*.As they say if you like...

I think they might well do.

The first episode is a bit depressing but stick with it. You are in for a very odd evening!

Bit late for this year but if you have really claggy clay soil I'd try winter green manure, something like grazing rye, it works if you dig it in when the clay is drying slightly, wait too long and it will be hard work. The rye really helps the drying out in early spring and the roots make the...

That keeps the other lanes clear for us then .

A good one to try which will tolerate clay @Andrew Funnell is Calamagrostis Karl Foerster. It has a columnar form, growing to about 1.5m in flower. Others include Panicum Northwind, also narrow and columnar, and Miscanthus Malepartus which is a larger, vigorous grass. The three have different...

Use your search engine and input - how to use manure for fruit trees. This will help.

Sounds as if you need to clear your search history and remove your cookies....

Proper plant talk.