Recent Posts

Happens every year with our Magpies, even our Blackbird has tried pulling Trachy fibres off. It does no harm to the plant to the plant all.

That looks very similar to the one my brother has. We had colder than -5c here this year and it suggests burgandy spires can only take a lite frost, so perhaps similar cultivars are the same.

Get the ivy off the fence. It will work its way through the paneling and eventually damage it as well as upsetting your neighbour.

Plant a few else where in case a couple die after planting and you can replace them.

From the new picture I agree that the stems and bud do look like an ash. Looking at the old picture again where I thought it had lobed leaves, I believe that might be your neighbours tree. I took the green to be one tree and not two and I could only see leaf detail on one half.

The BBC seem to create these people, as said I dont even know who this bloke is or what he's supposed to have done, but they do seem to set them up on pedestals and then they have a long way to fall. They have a lot of untouchables in their ranks on stupid money, for what they do, and even they...

I don't have Queen of the Night, but I do have some Epiphyllum. Plants often look the worse for wear.

After chopping out a 40yr old pyracantha last summer I'd never entertain the stuff, it was in a neighbours garden. Diabolical stuff.

A bit earlier this year I'm thinking lots of things are, its been chilly but frosts have been rare or very light since mid January.

You can do either Spring or Autumn, it really depends on whether you are happy to look at the moss and weeds over summer. Both can progress between now and Autumn, encroaching on and weakening your existing grass.

We used the Granules last year and it is a slowish process though you do not really notice it because the grass justs out competes the moss. Everything just stays green, no smells or raking up etc. The pack does state that if the lawns soil has a low PH its best to apply their lime some weeks...

Went to gc early this morning to have a look at phormium not much there but I were looking at a little yucca called gold sword didn't think much of it until back home and reading Pete / plantminded comments I quite like the look of the mature plant colour and upright growth I'm looking for. I'll...

It didn't strike me that way at all. Just someone asking for advice, concerned about doing the wrong thing for their plants. In my book that is being sensitive to a plant's needs.