Pot up self-sown foxgloves

The latest from Carol's beautiful cottage garden... plus her diary for the week!

...Continued Watering the greenhouse plants Double the ...

It’s time to sow chicory seed for plants to force and eat in winter. Witloof chicory sown now and thinned to 30cm apart will form plants that can be dug up to force the roots from October. Sow the see

Let your happy-go-lucky stray plants be and they will help your garden shine

Weeds are essentially plants that arrive in our gardens uninvited, and many are extremely valuable to wildlife for their pollen, nectar and seeds. They fall into two main categories – annuals and pere

Add drama to your garden with potted exotics. Soak the plant, in its original pot, in some not-too-cold water. Then move the new, empty, pot into position; this saves you doing so when it’s full of he