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Hi everyone,When we moved into our first home in Bristol we neglected the garden for a while whilst we sorted the house out. When we moved on to tackling the garden we found that our flower beds were full of weeds and as dry as the Sahara. I believe the soil here is clay as it dries and cracks...

Hi guys, new to the forum and completely new to gardening so a bit clueless despite hours of searching online.I have recently moved house and have a fair sized garden (total area 170m²). This comprises of mostly grass apart from one square section (approx 12m² that had been dug up and replaced...

Agree with Carolinel, but would add, Rogersia, ferns, and in the dappled areas, maybe some Astrantia, along with Thalactrim and Epimedium.

ooh I like that idea @pete

Hello, welcome to GC You don't say whether the pot is in sun or shade, but here are a few ideas for either: Euonymous fortunei, Hebe, Nandina domestica 'Firepower', dwarf Pittosporum tobira, Convolvulus cneorum, dwarf Photinia, Hedera 'Glacier' trained on a frame, HTH!

Sorry about the very basic colours etc., but this might give you a better idea of what I meant, above The blue rectangle is some form of storage for tools. If it's less than pretty, it could be tucked in nearer the house and a striking plant used as the focal point at the end.

Thanks so much. That’s really helpful and reassuring to hear. I will leave it be and admire its beauty. We have two more to plant. Just getting the soil ready to plant tomorrow. We’ve got a broughton star and a bourbon. Looking forward to relax and admire the garden after all the hard work!

@Bob Rob I would prepare a planting hole, with a stake, where I wanted the tree to go. Water the tree well; then dig the tree up with as big a rootball as possible. May need two and or a wheelbarrow or a strong sheet of plastic to drag it on. Move it over to the new hole and slide it in making...

Thank you everyone for your help and advice. I'm going to feed my RR and be as brave as I can with pruning and then I'll hope that it will respond well. Stay safe

Lithodora, ok that makes sense. Well only guessing from the pics but they look dry to me. They like dryish growing conditions but only once established.

Some councils are now charging the complainant £400+ to look at a complaint about high hedges.

Thank you very much Pete - I will leave them all where they are and give the evening variety some time to settle in. Thanks for clarifying what's what with primroses, I was getting lost

Great Thankyou, think conservation officers have more of an interest for the appeal from the public (although hedge is on my land ) that’s a useful tip and will bear that in mind once I hear back from the council on what I can/cannot plant.Many Thanks

Well it might be july before they flower, some of the bigger ones dont flower till august, depends a lot on what kind they are. If you intend leaving them in over the winter, to come up next year you might want to plant a couple of inches deeper when planting out,

Hello I am new to this forum (and gardening!) and I hope you can help me identify this tree in my garden which is about to flower. It flowers every May and is very fragrant. But it is leaning heavily and I wonder if there is anything that I can do to straighten it or should I cut the large...

Thank you for the reply and advice! I think you might be right, leaves are definitely growing...

I didn't want to start a new thread about box blight but I wondered if anyone could tell me if this is what is affecting one of my box plants.In late summer last year it developed what appeared to be a light colour fungus (if I remember rightly). We treat it with a fungicide and...

That's good you got the roots out. In that case I think your plan will work providing the stuff you are spreading is properly dead.

Thanks @Liz the potIs there anything I can do before I start fresh in Sept/Oct to prep for the new lawn?