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The bonus with white Hydrangea is that you get what you paid for, ie they don't change colour according to your soil type I've just bought a similar one - Madame Emile Mouillere.The RHS recommends : "Dead blooms on mophead hydrangeas can, in mild areas, be removed just after flowering, but...

hi all thanks for all the lovely and very helpful posts! sorry i have not replied till now, been snowed under with work, will have a proper read through tomorrow thats for sure, again thank you all

Well, being a lover of Clematis that's my recommendation.

This is a daytime programme and has aired 4 out of 10 so far. The "Instant Gardener" is given 10 hours to transform a garden. Not long *at all*! So far, it has proved an interesting watch with some good tips.The first episode was to transform a garden which was prone to waterlogging. (I...

Hi Everyone, I purchased some climbing roses (gardeners glory) to hopefully cover a 12ft x 6ft trellis. They were planted in march and are now just about knee height with several branches. I just don't know at what point I am supposed to tie in the branches. Can anyone help please? ...

I don't know what they are to be honest. They were in the garden when I got here. Only been here a couple of months. They are quite small and there's loads of them! They're not daffs as they were still showing greenery when I got here. These ones are in a different border.

I am growing Sonata, my seeds were from strawberries that I bought from Waitrose.There was a bruised strawberry so I decided to ditch it, I soaked the strawberry in some water, macerated it and collected the dropped seeds. I planted them and a lot have come up.The strawberries were...

I have found that article I read about Reproductive Biology of British Poppies This is it -Yesterday saw two more pink & white poppies opening, more of the smaller red flowers and what appears to be a bud containing a white flower that is close to opening.I have taken a few more...

Cymbalaria Muralis also known as Antirrhinum Hederaceum or Antirrhinum Hederifolium.Common names Kenilworth Ivy, Creeping Toadflax or Ivy leaved Toadflax.Likes growing over rocks or in walls, can be used in hanging baskets.Grows 2" high and 18/24" wide/long.Flowers May to October.Likes...

Thanks guys. Turning it round is worth a try.

If you stand them on the floor then that should solve the problem.

Hello everyone! I am very new to gardening, only started this year. So I want to do a fruit area and got a BlackBerry Oregon thornless and a whitecurrant white Versailles. Both of the tags advise drastic pruning when planting and I was wondering if I should really do it. The BlackBerry suggests...

Thanks @"M" funnily enough @Beckie76 suggested lavender for the same area!The garden is East facing, so the patio and decking at the back of the house gets the morning and afternoon sun and the rear deck and fence gets the late afternoon and evening.For the patio and deck as you come into...

What a magical space to call your own! I agree with @Spruce - you should start a separate, new thread and post about your plans and doings ... hopefully, over time, it will become a record of your progress. I know when I look back at my time on here and see the changes I made, the mistakes...

Depends on the angle of the slope, mine seems pretty steep being on the side of a hill and when our kids were younger I had to take care where I put the greenhouse etc as they would come hurtling down on their trikes. I've added a couple of terraces over the years so we now have flat areas to...

Hi John welcome to GC You have certainly come to the right place for help everybody is helpful and friendly I look forward to watching your project grow .....

Mix them up.

Good luck with the Tom's Ross. Its my second season of growing Tomatoes and other stuff so I'm pretty new too. Let us know how you do

Thanks for the advise I'll get cracking then

Wow! Cheers! I like the look of the Geranium varieties, I will look into those this evening. The soil can be pretty much anything as I've cleared out the beds from the previous owners as there was a lot of weeds and horrible bark. I was thinking a mixture of top soil which I have spare from the...