Gardening

‘Undercrackers’ – Swiss bury underpants to help plants!

By Andrew Atkinson A thousand people are planting identical pairs of underpants in vegetable patches, flowerbeds, meadows and farmland across Switzerland. Amateur gardeners in Geneva have...

Garden Felix – Camellias

Popular evergreen shrubs Camellias produce beautiful flower displays during late winter-early spring, with a plethora of varieties to choose from: white, pink or red,...

Garden Felix – Cosmos produce masses of flowers

Cosmos are sun-loving plants that make fantastic cut flowers - guaranteed to brighten up any garden - well into autumn with their long flowering...

Garden Felix – Zinnias attract bees, butterflies and hoverflies

Zinnias are mostly annual plants, and very popular because of their colourful, daisy-like flowers with vivid colours from red, orange and deep pink to...

Garden Felix – Nasturtiums

Nasturtiums are one of the quickest and easiest hardy annual flowers to grow producing masses of vividly coloured blooms throughout summer and into autumn. Nasturtiums...

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