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Without seeing it, I would say be ruthless as a rule. I've spent more time than I like to admit unwinding clematis stems to try and save more of a plant when the best option would have been to just mercilessly hack it a few feet from the ground. I've just done the same with "freckles", which is...

What pot? You say you are going to put them in a hanging basket. They are only small plants, they don't need a deep pot at the moment.

Wow 5 years flew by

That's interesting. I could let the row between my front garden and next door grow taller. The front of the house hedge will need to be less than 4 ft high so I can safely get my car out. There's no pavement in front of my house. Thanks for the suggestion

Both London Zoo and Whipsinade are great.

Mine is starting to bloom ...

Try and make the side's of a dish taper inwards

Sowed some more seeds today, think i sowed 9 trays. Some in plugs, some in trays. So see what happens.Sowed 2 packets of geraniums, the seeds look like more droppings, only get about 15 in a packet. Where opposed to marigolds, where I must get 100-200 seeds.

A bit odd for new turf to act that way only after a short time. You've probably got drainage issues with the clay soil being a contributing factor and also if its a new build then the soil is not very good under that. Then you have the north facing and what looks like a down pipe running into...

After the rain

Thanks for the tip. Will definitely try them next year. I usually order from Chiltern Seeds but are unhappy with the germination rate as soon as cultivars are used.

Well you could go for a weed and feed but most peoples "lawns" have weeds, its only those that practice proper lawn care that really have weed free lawns.Personally I'd just give it a feed to get the grass growing, which it should be starting to do now, it will take a while but the grass...

You can leave them in a cool light space for a while if you're not ready to plant out yet. The shoots will green up and strengthen a bit. Plant carefully as already said.

You could actually smell them when I took the pictures late morning,Look forward to seeing yours ... later in the year.

What a fantastic reply. Thank you so much