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Yes I agree with previous posts. You need to do a light trim now ( so as not to stimulate overgrowth) and a summer prune later in August or September. With the summer prune you will reduce vigour as you will remove energy from the sap and leaves being taken out. The reason winter pruning...

We love our Mahonia ‘soft caress’ which isn’t prickly at all, but might not grow tall enough. Ours is between 1m to 1.5m Similarly Nandina. I can’t remember the variety we have, but it’s trouble free.

My seeds are germinating at a crazy rate! I've got loads of room in my cellar tents. They have heat mats and lights and fans and I can burp/exhaust the tents using an air duct fan.It's too chilly down there to not have heat. The two 24x48 inch mats are controlled by inkbird thermostats....

Thank you for the useful link @Plantminded , I have bookmarked it but based on a quick look I was glad to see some of my favourites there The recent weather has indeed made me think about my plant choices (and I am always looking to add or replace plants ).For my garden, which has clay soil,...

Sarcococca hookerianaSarcococca hookeriana flowersOpen crocusCrocus versicolourPrimula vulgarisArum italicumGalanthus woronowiiCrocuses and snowdropsAnemone blandaViolasScilla hohenackerii

All my plants are edible but I wouldn't say they are decorative and some have never fruited eg my figs Some plants just constantly die eg my cranberries

If you follow the advice given above re ensuring the containers are able to drain well and raise the containers off the ground so excess water can run out, there is little more you can do whilst the rain continues other than providing some form of cover for each container. A few sticks in each...

I still like my soil block method.

A new year, and I am still picking herbs each week!This week, we have rosemary (one plant is starting to flower!), winter savoury and bronze fennel.