| Gardening is a favourite pastime in many parts of | | | | be propagated from cuttings or seeds. This is a |
| the world, especially in the more developed, richer | | | | great way of swapping your plants for those of |
| parts of the world, where people have some free | | | | others. Here is a short list of a few very popular |
| time from the daily drudgery of finding food for | | | | plants: |
| the family. It is also a great way to keep yourself | | | | Lavender: lavender eventually becomes old and |
| fit and your home looking good, which will make it | | | | woody and should be replaced. Take cuttings in |
| easier to sell if you wanted to and add value to it. | | | | the first or second week of August. Line them |
| Growing Wild: I usually allow special wild flowers | | | | out in a cold frame and they will have good root |
| grow and spread in my garden. One that I am | | | | systems by Spring. |
| proud of at the moment is a six-foot wild | | | | Hellebore: hellebore seeds should be sown as soon |
| marjoram tree. It looks great in the herbaceous | | | | as they become ripe in May and June. Some will |
| border. There is also a large clump of sheep's bit | | | | germinate soon others will come up next Spring. |
| which is twice the normal height for these plants | | | | Hardy Cyclamen: seedlings germinate near their |
| and is covered with bright blue flowers. Wild | | | | parent plants in the Spring. Pick them out into |
| flowers are not weeds; after all, a weed is only | | | | frames until they are strong enough to be put |
| something that is growing where it is not wanted. | | | | into their final beds. |
| Wild flowers can look really nice in a wilder part of | | | | Planting Snowdrops: if this is your first year, beg a |
| the garden and they should be watered and fed | | | | clump from a friend. Replant both half clumps and |
| just like garden flowers. | | | | give him back his clump next year. He will be so |
| More Of The Same, Please: it is worth | | | | happy that you will get anything he has, if you |
| remembering how many plants in your garden can | | | | ask again. |