"Lemmonie" wrote in message
s.com...
Hi everyone,

Im a newbie named Lemmonie or Melanie depending on how well i know
you!

Im am 27 and last august i brought a house with a fab landscaped garden
which looked beautiful. Well since then of course nasty old winter
came along and i was pushed headfast into gardening.
Armed with a new pair of secators(SP?) i set about cutting everything
down. I also followed my mothers advise about weeding which basically
went "if you dont like it, pull it out"

So far this has worked for me although i did later feel an awful lot of
regret about pulling out a beautiful huge Acer which was in the wrong
place in my front garden.

Dispite this however i am slowly trying to gain a better understanding
of my garden and how i can make the most of it.

I really dont know anything about gardening and only know the names of
a few plants in my garden but i DO know that i am loving watching my
garden come back to life after the winter and really enjoy watching the

plants grow.

If anyone could come up with a very simple quide to what the following
terms mean i would be truely grateful.

please dont laugh at my ignorence though!


Perennials
hardy perennials
annual
etc etc

Thanks!
Lemmonie

Welcome to URG Lemmonie or Melanie......

The following sites might be of use but ask away here and we'll do our best :~)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/basics/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/htbg/index.shtml
http://glossary.gardenweb.com/glossary/

Jenny