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Thanks for the reply & sorry for the late response...Lavender is in & have gone for Spotted Laurel, Variegated Hebes, Emerald Gaiety & some box.

Smart girl Snorky......no, washing up liquid is fine for aphids and the like Touch wood....all the hostas here are intact. Once in flower though they are mightily attractive to the blighters so I remove flowers until late July. Those with best foliage though are never allowed to flower and I...

thank you. and yours? Golden retrievers?

Ha ha... You are dead right Perki. Koalas will have a field day I think it’s a nice plant though....I have Gunnii and foliage is wonderful on its own or as a foil to other plants

Hi @MargaretW and welcome! It could be that your patio had dropped slightly in that one corner. or that it was getting run off from an adjacent area - if the soil was compacted then that could occur. Wait for the next downpour and see what happens - where it pools, how fast it drains etc. If it...

Hiya Cindy “Growth follows the knife” is apt garden jargon.When your jasmine was cut back hard it did what it’s programmed to do, viz., grow vigorously.....and at the expense of flowering. Depending on when exactly it was done you may have cut off much of this season’s flowering wood too ...

Hi @WorthingBloke , the new growth looks very healthy to me. I don't think there's anything wrong with your plant at all. What I think the problem is is the same problem I have ( I live in a flat ) with some of my plants, and that is it's been scorched by the sun. Can you not try to shade it a...

You will be able to get some wallflower plants soon Kon.....plant them out for greenery over the winter and to add to the spring display Lupins will give you greenery over winter plus flowers in early summer and blend well with your bulbs. Pansies and violas will associate well too and flower...

Hi Cindy, I think now it's potted up I'd leave it as it is to get settled. That's a similar container to one I've got and that contained a dwarf Lilsc for around 4 years with no harm.

Fully hardy and very well behaved. Another unusual Digitalis that may fit in is Digitalis laevigata............. Digitalis laevigata by longk48, on FlickrIt grows to about 1.2 metres and also fully hardy and well behaved.

I totally agree, @VerdunSometimes, though, we can’t grow a honeysuckle in the ground where we want to have a honeysuckle. Take my door, as an example. We have tarmac up to the house walls for 2/3 of the length of the house. The bottom 1/3 length is white stone “gravel” for a metre up to the...

Yes I think I know why Cindy. Wisteria are hungry....nay greedy ...plants. They need room to grow....plenty of room....so growing in containers is not ideal. The one growing here has huge allotted space in the garden and it grows and grows hence the need for pruning. John innes is good but I...

@Julysunshine Recently had a very similar question from someone so you might like to see the responses Advice for getting rid of bindweed-like plant:

Cindy,I order plants on line quite a lot and they usually arrive via Courier or Royal Mail. I have used nurseries on e-bay and very rarely have trouble with the plants obtained there but I also use quite a lot that, from experience, are reputable and reliable such as Perfect Plants and Hayloft,...

You could take out any dead stems right now and do a little more tidying, but don't get carried away - the best time for reshaping it will be in early spring. Full instructions here: Hydrangea pruning / RHS Gardening

Hiya ant1977 Resolva is one brand.....just look for glyphosate or wording that “kills down to the roots” There is a stronger glyphosate made by Resolva too. B & Q, Poundland, B & M, Home bargains, The Range, etc. Clear it back, leave it for 10 days or so then spray the new growth. Remember,...

Thanks for the advice. Much appreciated.

It looks really burnt and unhappy.As you have only planted it this year, think I would first chop all the top growth off, down to about 1ft high, then water the plant and let it soak in for half a hour, then carefully dig around it with a trowel /spade and lift it out and replant in a shadier...

We had some amazing storms the other night but that’s the only rain we have had but it was so torrential and windy it buffeted and flatted so many flowers..

Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately we have too many evergreen plants in and around our garden. Will have to find some other way of breaking the cycle.Regards, Khalid