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I agree its not a garden plant.

If you don’t want it to seed … then yes, pull it out.

Thank you all for your tips. I have put a handful of blood and fish bone. Fingers crossed!

I have literally just ordered a wire paper bin to pop over, fingers crossed.

I've been keeping an eye out for 'cuckoo spit'. I've not seen any so far this year on the lavender although I have seen it on the Honeysuckle in the garden. I'll remain vigilant.

That’s suuuuper helpful, thank you!

Yes - they seed very easily too. Many areas are having problems with ash dieback, although we're fairly lucky round here, but it's probably better to remove them. You can certainly try just cutting them back as soon as they appear, but you may find a problem if there's a good bit of root already...

I've noticed that when I've bought "10mm" pea gravel, quite a lot of it has been bigger than that, but it probably varies a bit between suppliers. Best advice is probably to have a look at it before parting with your dosh. These days horticultural grit seems to be £6 for 20kg which I don't think...

I bought some different colour ones a few years ago and grew one or twin amongst the veg. Not normal perhaps, but that's me.Now they just self seed, and believe it or not they don't get attacked by slugs.Maybe it's because they are well scattered, I just pull out the ones I don't want or...

Looks perfectly fine to me, if a little behind. The silver leaves are quite normal at that stage, it will turn greener later. Here's mine now, just starting to flower.. You can see bits of silver foliage in the middle...nothing to worry about at all.

There's also a lot to be said for succession sowing. A few seeds sown every week. The extra room in the tray does help to keep them from going leggy. Plus, if sown on a window sill, a piece of white card on the room side can help even out available light

It also depneds on what the plant is, as well as your growing conditions. They often don't need those bags at all. You have to be vigilant with them though, if you use bags, and check regularly. Some will strike quickly and some won't.

Going by what self-seeds in my containers verbena bon, aquilegia, purple toadflax and ivy leafed toadflax should be easy options.

Perfect that’s what I needed to know thanks!

Cheers @Pete8 i think that’s confirmed T. J. for the trellis!

could be franciscana variegata

Thank you both

What type of clematis is it though @Karen1986 ? The early ones don't need, or like rich moist soil in the way the large flowered ones do. The soil doesn't look very hospitable though. It might be better to dig a little further along if that's possible.

Thank you for the replies. Most of the plants are in small 9cm pots (Geranium, grasses, Astrantia Roma, Jacob's ladder). The soil was digged over and mixed with compost a couple of years ago. Then I just put bark on it and left it. I will definitely wait a bit with planting, but I would not...

If you buy one of the yew balls, you could place it on the bed (in its pot to give some extra height) and see where another one or hebe would give best affect.Acer griseum is one of my favourites too, unfortunately (luckily for the garden budget) I haven’t really got anywhere to put one. Mmm...