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They look pretty leggy to me. It does look very shaded where they are so that may explain the lack of leaves on them. Do they get any direct sunlight in the day at all?

Hi David, welcome to Gardeners Corner If you get time introduce yourself in the New Members Forum so that the Gang will know you're around!!Well, that's a bit of a balancing act because of [a] the need to attract Wildlife, insects included, a constant area of colour for interest [c] low...

Thanks for the suggestions. I'd like to put something in to partially hide the fencing and I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on this. Something that grows reasonably quickly and isn't wildly expensive would be great. I like darker greens, unlike next door's huge golden leyandii (on...

Ha thanks for the reply! Looks like the battle with the nettles will continue!!Sent from my C5303 using Tapatalk

It's all down to experience (or lack of) I guess Here is a before and after pic.

Yes, if you are lucky. We have never managed to keep the original plant over winter, but cuttings do survive quite easily, in the same way as Pelargoniums do.

with the folliage being dark the flowers should be the same , new variety to me

I was going on the basis that they were declared to be a garden plant.Malva leafMalva buds

Just a thought Paul. Do you really want to plant five trees that close together? You have to think about their overall mature height and spread as well as root cramping.

I go with Campsis for the above pic No1. I thought one of the earlier ones with the heart shaped leaves might be Aristolochia.

Right. Get your bulldozer crew to dig eight feet around it and ten feet down. Then get your helicopters to gently lift it to the new home. Have an even larger crater waiting for it which you have nourished for three years with compost, leaf mold etc. Lower the tree in. Bulldozer team may have...

Yes, Honeysuckle does very well here.

Not really climb up it, it's not a strong fence so I'm thinking more shrub type of action!

I'll need to look at the vids later - I am at work in a metal framed building with thick walls so my mobile signal isn't up to supporting videoSent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

Here`s 10 I took today while cutting the lawn.. Shrimp Cocktail if I remember right.

Beware that Shrubs take a while to grow. They aren't going to be "big bushy shrubs" for probably 5 years from planting ... OTOH they retain their height year-to-year, so are putting on a show from the moment they come into leaf in the Spring (and of course you might choose something evergreen...

Hee hee, that's what I was thinking when I read the problem. Waitrose problery did make a mistake (or whoever they buy them from)

Aye, its a bit of a culture shock. The centre is well worth a visit for all the touristy stuff, but out here in the suburbs its just traffic and buildings.

Welcome Terry Just want to ask: when you say you have bought a house .. how recent it that? The rule of thumb when buying a property is to wait out the first year... just to see what comes up and where and then ... what to keep/remove. For example: the rose - was it a bush, a climber,...

Good post.Anything that provides a protective top layer could be described as a mulch.Nobody has mentioned cardboard as a mulch - this can be a good, quick means of stopping or slowing weed growth and can be topped up with more cardboard when it starts to biodegrade.The allotment...