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All my plants are edible but I wouldn't say they are decorative and some have never fruited eg my figs Some plants just constantly die eg my cranberries

I still like my soil block method.

A new year, and I am still picking herbs each week!This week, we have rosemary (one plant is starting to flower!), winter savoury and bronze fennel.

Like detectorists a very slow start but given Mackenzie Crook is the writer of both I suspect it will build. Very niche.

I also grow Miscanthus Morning Light and Miscanthus Zebrinus as well as Calamagrostis Karl Foerster (on Plantminded's advice) all in pots about the same size as yours They all seem to be thriving and the Miscanthus have survived being divided last year.

I've never had success with a bag when air layering so will be fun to see if those gizmos work

I've seen many a slug being munched by a hedgehog, they sound surprisingly crunchy.

I also passed a house near where I live and that had a nice couple of rhododendron in the border, quite close to the rose bushes, should I knock on their door and have a word? I didn’t bother as could tell by the label on the rhododendron it was a cheap one from Lidls*.As they say if you like...

I think they might well do.

Bit late for this year but if you have really claggy clay soil I'd try winter green manure, something like grazing rye, it works if you dig it in when the clay is drying slightly, wait too long and it will be hard work. The rye really helps the drying out in early spring and the roots make the...

That keeps the other lanes clear for us then .

Use your search engine and input - how to use manure for fruit trees. This will help.

Magnoliaflora (baby's bum pink )Jenny namaste

Hello @JennyJBThanks for the Reply.Yes, it seems to create 'Satellite' Plants quite readily, so I shall dig up some of those and Plant in a 2L Pot.To be honest, I have never really managed to figure out my Soil.I know that if I dig a Deep(ish) Hole, at around 18" I hit Sandy Soil,...

I have grown Aptenia, very small flowers for me, but if you like the foliage then you get a lot of that.I notice there is a variegated variety.

I think the Trachelospermum would swamp the rose and the fence although I don't know that particular variety.How about an evergreen clematis which flowers in the winter, C. cirrhosa 'Freckles' or Jingle Bells'. Delicate, pretty leaves and creamy bell shaped flowers are often in bloom at...