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I think the slightly greyer flower spikes (like the one bottom right of the photo) are actually finished flower heads. Lavender is normally photographed in the first flush of flowers, but the spent flower spikes can remain for many months, looking greyer, but still lovely (especially with an...

I made a passible lawn from an area like that just by constant mowing, a treatment with lawn weedkiller once it began to look passible and then cut beds out to my requirements.

In Yorkshire there is a saying.If er tha does ought for nought, alas do it for tha sen.Or in modern English, if ever you do anything for nothing, always do it for yourself.

Hello and welcome to GC forums @Jordon

This is amazing advice everyone. What has started out as just something I wanted to do for the kids may have turned into a hobbyPossibly more questions to come but plan to start on this next weekend and get going on it.Thanks again all

I just tip mine on top of the borders. If space is an issue just be aware that adding kitchen remains will eventually just give you greater bulk to get rid of.

I remember that. There were theories that the co2 and moisture in your breath helps them, and theories that the vibration somehow stimulates cell growth. To me it's a classic case of the experts looking so hard for a scientific explanation that they overlook the obvious. The kind of person that...

I'd go for Pittosporum, but tenuifolium variegatum or one of it's hybrids. They withstand hot sun and even drought, and form an attractive cone-shaped shrub without any pruning.

I always tease my pot plants. I leave them out in the sun with a full watering can next to them, then on an evening I walk up to them carrying a watering can, tip it up, but it's empty Joking aside though, except in very specific circumstances, I only really re pot when the plants are young,...

It does have a high content of organic matter, probably green waste or household waste, explains the plastic. Nice planter though

Thinking about it you could be right , on the other hand if it gets to the top it will hang down. But ivy does spread sideways usually without too much encouragement. Something I've never tried, but it does smother most things quite well if not rapidly to start with.

I don't feed my flower beds as it can lead to lush leafy growth with fewer flowers. I would wait till the spring whem they emerge and use a high potash feed such as used for tomatoes to promote the flowers.

Hi does anyone know how much mulch I should be putting around my holly as I have 5 and was wondering if a 60l bag is enoughThanks

My personal thoughts are, I'd get rid of it. I dont know why so many people grow bay trees, they are just down right boring.Other than cutting out the diseased parts I cant think of any other options

Welcome. I have a couple of shrubs that have shed all their leaves already due to the summer we had.

Thanks all for the responses. I will be using evergreen autumn so I think it has 6% nitrogen. I will give it a go so fingers crossed!

Looking good ... are you wanting a holly hedge ?

I won't need a path to the oil tank, that is at the front of the garden. The fence is facing North East, so catches sun throughout morning and early afternoon

Fleabane self seeds here very readily and loads of it is growing on the driveway outside the house. I saw some plants in the clearance section of the local garden centre a few years back and potted them up with some other bedding plants for some big pots at the front of the house hoping they...

Plant flowering is complex, daylength and temperature are important factors; also plant size and how long since it last flowered especially in plants that only flower once a year. This year I've certainly noticed some plants having shorter flowering seasons, also a number have been later into...