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Thank you AnniD - I haven't done that - I will do it tomorrow and report back. What an adorable little blackbird on your profile with his freshly hatched set of feathers!

wind blown I expect. It's a common wild plant which is on the increase in most parts of the country, and it produces loads of fluffy little seeds.

@lizzie27No Lizzie, just let it grow straight up, you might have to tie in some shoots. No need to train like roses.Marlorena..Like this 'Westerplatte' below.. this will grow quite tall eventually.... nice to see some clematis pics. I hope to have some more in a week or so. Rather...

Thanks Bob ,I pinched the tops of the two big stems yesterday hoping that will encourage it to throw up some more stems from the bottom. Your right it is only a young plant this is its second year but it doesn't really have any low growth you might be looking at the top of a lavender it's...

It's often a combination of planting types that works best @simone_in_wiltshire , when you have clay soil, especially if you're finding that your local climate is changing a bit. That's when it can highlight some problems. I have very little bare ground, for other reasons, but it also helps...

Apologies @aspadora - I thought it was last autumn it was planted. Brain not working properly! However, it looks quite sizeable, so as @Dovefromabove has said, the work gets done underground before you start to get noticeable top, especially with this type of culture - ie lollipop. As long as it...

Thank you for the reply, I am still not sure. My tomatoes are sitting in the greenhouse since the beginning of April, I doubt its sun scald, but it could be the reaction to cold, maybe. I am not sure. I wonder if potato-leaved tomatoes are more prone to cold-damage than regular tomatoes....

Thanks @Angie Jones (nut) It’s very happy here.I thought that the image in this query looked a lot like my Actea

I just tried it on my Samsung phone and again it just has a space to insert a URL.

Thanks @Punkdoc ! That's "our" side of Rotherham so I'll definitely have a look sometime soon. I haven't been out that way in a long time. There used to be a garden centre/nursery somewhere around there years ago (maybe Thrybergh) and I think there's still one in Conisburgh so a trip might be...

Its got weird leaves.