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I'll have to go and look at our exochordas.

That's what GoY was like, so I can't help thinking this site is going the same way. All the comments are reassuring so thank you.Yes I know but having been through the same thing with GoY I keep having doubts.

Also agree , had Mrs. Popple growing in a similar situation for many years, getting to 4ft high and spread and masses of flowers, but as said sticks for the other half of the year. For something higher Lady Boothby also has lots of growth and flowers, easily up to 6ft+.You could underplant...

If its anything like finger print recognition it will be about as much use as a chocolate teapot.

Hello allI Hope you are Well.Well, the Weather was Nice This Morning so I spent 2.5 Hours catching up on Weeding in the Back Garden that I was not able to do at the End of Last Season.This is how it looks now:Ready for Spring, More or Less Now I just need to do the...

I repurposed surplus concrete patio tiles as stepping stones, using an angle grinder to soften the shape into something less square. Picture below shows the shape - the wonkiness comes from not being level-headed. On places like gumtree you may find tiles that you can recycle. I don't mind that...

Rats can certainly be a problem if they can access your house and that is when many people draw the line even when accepting them in the garden. I don't know whether methods have changed but years ago Pest Control people would always advise someone to stop putting out food for birds for several...

I thought the same when we first moved here and several clumps pf bluebells appeared the first spring. After 10 years or so they had spread all over, into the bases of shrubs etc. I've been digging out as many as I can and slicing off the rest every year since.

I always manage to find neighbours willing to help with the heavy stuff and we don't have many neighbours. We usually give them plants in exchange for their help, either from some we have grown in pots or if they like some plants in the garden we propagate them for them.

No, thats factory formed. Proper gates are hand forged but totally unaffordable.....

The second picture is a cotoneaster, probably cotoneaster horizontalis. It looks fine and will burst into leaf soon. The first a mophead hydrangea and it's likely to be fine. The mop head part is important if you want flowers this year because they flower on the previous seasons growth....

Agreed.The wobbyness detracts from the rest of the garden and the main shape is meant to unite one idea together in a garden that size, so the lawn leads the eye to the borders etc.Unless of course you want the lawn to be a feature lawn then, you'd need to make sure you maintain it very...