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Ah, Mexican Hat Plant. I remember my aunt had one of these in the 60s/70s and so we got one .... but I couldn't stand all the dropping babies so that was that.

Hi.I am pleased to say that it is time for me to get back in the garden now that we have had some glorious sunshine for several days in a row.I hope you don't mind me bringing up this old thread of mine; I listened and took your advise a year ago and can now say the these palms have made a...

Eco plugs will work not cheap and is a professional product but can be bought off ebay .

Thank you and all the helpful replies. I planted a clematis Alionushka on trellis on the left side of the door the trellis for ease of painting the workshop (my wife keeps calling it the shed). I am thinking also the plant the arbutus shrub to go over the fence next the workshop to as mentioned...

The picture looks lovely with the rose and 'Rozanne'. My only worry would be to have thorns of the rose in the seating area. Reading the RHS description, Sorbaria has a habit of being a sucker. I would be careful with that. I tend to make my life easier and plant what behaves well without...

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Thanks for the advice with my sweet peas, but going to hold off for a week as I see there is low pressure coming in over the Atlantic. So going to wait for the next warm spell.

I reuse the compost from my Potato bags each year, I do refresh with new compost and feed. No problems so far

We're in Ile de France, so quite far North. The soil in our garden has many earthworms in it - I'm hoping that's a good sign!

@LilyTL, yes, you can re-use the compost from the pots but you should remove any roots first. The removed compost would benefit from some granular fertiliser being mixed with it and/or some bagged manure to beef it up before re-using either in pots or in the garden.

Over 30 plants gone in over the past couple months. Here's some updated pictures.Still yet to tackle the patio area.Have put in a lot of evergreens. 2 holly, 5 euonymus, 1 bamboo, 6 red robins, 2 pieris, 3 yew, and a few others I can't remember.

Tulips are such photogenic flowers!

Thanks regarding the dog violets as well, I have loads of them in the back garden. They seem to really love it there in the shady places and also edges of the lawn

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You're welcome. It's a good plant to have a go with as the success rate is high. Maybe 80% of cuttings will take and grow on happily.