British gardening expert Monty Don said that most lilies need semi-shade with their flowers in full sun and their roots in shade. He added that a soil such as leaf mould works well.
UK-based gardening expert Monty Don shares advice for advice for planting bulbs for a summer display in an extract from one of his classic books, Gardening at Longmeadow.
Monty Don s incredible showpiece garden where he films Gardener s World is threatened by floods that leave his home completely surrounded by water
Gardner and television host Monty Don, 65, has said his Herefordshire home, Long Meadow, is completely surrounded by water
The nearby River Arrow burst its banks, reportedly submerging a third of the estates famed gardens and huge sections of the surrounding land
The gardens are known to many who tune in to watch Don s latest projects on Gardeners World, which is filmed at the property
So I set out to write what I thought would be my definitive work on organic gardening.
The book, which until a month before publication had the working title of Completely Organic, would cover every aspect of this garden that was then in its tenth year, and it was to be my final horticultural will and testament.
Once it was published I d never write another gardening book because there would be no more to be said.
Monty Don (above) updates his book The Complete Gardener and tells people how to redress climate change with their gardening habits, which could even involve planting trees