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Thanks for the advice.

Here is my cranebills.

thanks for that! I’ll do my best

It’s not that they should/ must be pruned after flowering its just that after flowering is the right time to do it if it is needed. You will only need to do any pruning if there are dead, diseased or damaged branches which need to be removed or if you feel the shape needs improvingIt looks a...

Thank you all for your advice, really helpful.It doesn't feel like the best soil but I may be wrong, there's all sorts of building rubble underneath as I expect with most new builds and the soil dries out very quickly.I'll sit tight for now and see what it does, as mentioned in my previous...

Hot Lips salvia do well around here. Shrubby Potentillas flower just about all summer long.

I was raised in mid Essex and then moved to the South when I was 18.There's a noticeable difference between the two areas even though they are less than 30 miles apart. Limescale used to be white in Mid Essex and in South Essex it stains everything orange.

Thanks @Pete8 and @PlantmindedI'll give it a trim back and see how it gets on. Regarding it being crowded, I had thought to try and create a topiary cloud effect with multiple balls in close to each other but it never really looked right, so I think I'll probably move this elsewhere in the...

Anemone blanda is nice small blue anemone and is more tolerant of drier conditions than A nemorosa. Both will spread if happy with conditions and there are coloured selections of both. A nemorosa Robinsoniana a pale blue form.A blandaA nemorosaA japonica is basically a thug and mine...

In my experience these things are bomb proof. I have one which I butcher down to ground level every early spring. It comes back with a vengeance, and still flowers too.If I left it to its own devices mine would be quite a large shrub, maybe 5ft x 5ft, which I don't want. Hard pruning it every...

Thanks @Plantminded That led me down a small rabbit hole of Viburnums but I think you are right, there are nice varieties out there that may do better.I might move this one to the front, see if it does any better there.

I spread some Vitax Q4 on the allotment and not had much fox activity, I normally do, as you say, with bonemeal. I use the slow release granules in pots, I don't think that attracts foxes.

Thank you @Perki . That's very useful to know. I might give E. pallida a try.

Now what did Theresa May do with hers?

Good Morning & thank you @Pete8 for your help, I will try a scratch test to see if the damaged stems are still green underneath and if so wait to see if it rallies a bit in time. Interesting to hear how your Tangutica has responded to some pruning, I was wondering whether to try cutting mine...

Thanks everyone, that's given me plenty to chew on. And good point RE leaving it for a couple of months to see what comes up!

I really wouldn't like to say ...with thin stems like that there's a chance that they won't shoot, just wither. What you could fairly safely do is completely cut out any thin, crossing stems right back to the trunk. Sorry I can't be more help Perhaps other members will be along with a...

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Are those the one I stuff my face with when watering? The strawberry season and the watering season coincide at the same time as luck would have it!

Hi both, thanks for the feedback, i have ordered some. And that's a good point about not eradicating the moss, I had seen this as my aim but this is probably unlikely on our lawn that's north facing and damp. I also hadn't really considered the organic element which is always worth trying to...