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I am not sure regarding greenhouse / conservatory. I have a Kentia Palm in the corner next to the conservatory door (but within the main house) and it is surviving. Based on a quick look, yours should be a bit more cold tolerant than that, but still it's a plant that appreciates...

Caught up on my reading. I would use your stake a tie the branches up to about 45 degrees or higher if you want with ties then prune back to an outward facing bud ( no more than about 25%). Then shape it to your liking. Cut away inward growing branches to let the light in. Good luck.

I have real problems swallowing tablets at the best of times, stuff I take for migraine etc is soluble. Could be a problem should the occasion arise, god forbid. I always remember that scene in the film The Holiday, where Kate Winslet turns on all the gas on the oven in her cottage. ...

I am glad people understand the above articles. I do not understand a word of them but it was an interesting read.

I might be having daffodils on the table for New Year Lunch the way they are growing.

Agree, but here it is a gooseberry being pruned.

I bought LUMIFY usb solar fairy lights for my large holly bush in the front garden. It obviously works on solar power but also on a rechargeable battery. Comes with a usb charging port and charging cable plus an indicator light. Mode button for changing light cycle. 3 power switches - on, off,...

Talking about traditional English words:-Banish the use of the four-letter words! Whose meanings are never obscure. The Angles, the Saxons, those hardy old birds, Were vulgar, obscene and impure. But cherish the use of the weaselling phrase That never quite says what you mean. You’d better...

I think there might be some buried helebores out the front. I'll give the fallen leaves a jiggle to check.

Now this is interesting.