Getting ladybugs to come to your garden, and more importantly stay in your garden, is easy once you know a few simple facts and tricks. 

Camellias are not only popular with tea drinkers but gardeners also. They are easy care, have wonderful glossy green leaves and beautiful flowers of many shapes and sizes. It is no wonder they are one of the best evergreen flowering shrubs.

As bog plants, most carnivorous plants require damp, humid conditions to thrive. All plants except butterworts will appreciate a bright sunny position, ideally on a windowsill close to the glass. Butterworts do best in lower light levels and should be kept out of direct sunlight.

Summer is here and our sunny warm days are spent outdoors enjoying nature, family BBQs and, of course, tending to the garden. It's now time to be planting our winter greens and getting them all sown before months end to allow enough time for them to reach full maturity before the colder months halt growing.