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I'm always a bit weary of useing weed killer incase it drifts into my boarders or harms the wildlife or my dog but that sounds like a good plan.Don't think the contractor was the type to do much prep to be honest. I saw him put a few inches of top soil down and roll it with a roller then...

This site has details of many cistus when grown in Oregon, and table 3 shows that this variety has one of the longest flowering times, but only two months. Rockrose (Cistus spp. and Halimium spp.) Evaluation for Western OregonI searched Flickr for photos of cistus flowers, and they were all...

Can anyone recommend a good camera for taking pictures of birds please.Would I be able to get any thing to do the job for a couple of hundred pounds or so.Been looking at everyone's amazing wildlife photos and my phone doesn't seem to do it Thanks

I'm only an apprentice Gardner but I've noticed my clematis does this . It will prioritise certain stems over others and then if they get damaged will send up its shoots its held back in reserve. The way it follows the sun each day and raps its tendrils around as well its amazing.

Thanks. And this one also?

As long as they're healthy and growing nicely, that temp isn't a problem at all. They're much hardier than people often think. They'll put a spurt on when temps suit. Mine would normally still be very small at this time of year, but they grow on more quickly through June. Well into July before...

Ah! I've just seen you started a separate thread and your qu was answered. Cool!

I don't have any practical experience apart from I know what they eat down my allotment, jerusalem artichokes are top of the menu at the moment, but the rhs lists magnolias as more deer resistant Deer-resistant plants / RHS GardeningYou could wire cage the bottom of the magnolia until most of...

I don't know if it is but the fungus sounds like jelly ear Auricularia auricula-judae - Wikipedia It is found on elders and is a very common fungus that I see almost daily on dog walks bit admittedly never noticed it on live wood.I take cuttings of my elders and I have noticed that in the...

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Don't forget that many shrubs can be treated as trees, or just as really good specimens in their own right, and can be pruned almost as 'tree shaped trees' if that makes sense! Philadelphus, for example, can be treated as quite shapely trees, as opposed to shrubs. Pieris are good for that too,...