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Knew I had seen this somewhere - it has pictures of how to prune

Hi Tm, welcome to Gardeners Corner

Hi and welcome! What an exciting starting point. Looking forward to seeing your plans progressing. You could really end up with something special. Good luck!

Hi, Welcome

Welcome to GC Steve.

Wow, what a friendly welcome, thank you!I've been invited to a BBQ today so won't get much time in the garden, but I might do a little weeding before I go. I'll post a picture of my garden when I'm allowed..

Here's the August thread, @MowermanI know what you mean about the close up pics. Every time I see a leaf or flower pic of something that might be suitable from its description (season of interest, size etc) I have to Google it to see what the whole plant will look like in terms of shape....

Thanks AB for your welcome note. ~ buddleja

I know what Ant is buying now that you've said that

Thanks Shiney, quite an easy journey then , will be nice to actually meet some of these people who's posts and ideas I've been following for a while.

Thanks very much for your help think next time I try grow strawberries I will do it with new store bought soil and compost as I seem to have germinated more weeds than strawberry seed

Hi Llni, welcome to Gardeners CornerYou've gotta try!!

Thanks for the messages everyone Probably won't be doing anything else in the garden until the spring, but until then I'll be looking around and asking for suggestions and advice!

Some varities grow very large, I think competive growers get them up to around 30 feet tall!and

Hi and welcome! I'm finding this to be such a friendly forum, I'm sure you'll enjoy it here One resource that I'm finding helpful as a new gardener myself is the Gardeners' World weekly checklist of jobs, divided into weekly lists for 'flowers', 'fruit and veg', 'greenhouse' and 'around the...

Just in case it isn't quite hardy enough could you put it in a nice container/pot and put it inside or in a sheltered position.Also, Lavender are easy to grow from cuttings. You could put 4 or 5 in a 3" pot and keep them on a windowsill over winter as insurance against losing the mother plant.

to GC @Soup1 lovely to have you join us - I've just been looking at your strawberry pot and loved it!Looking forward to getting to know you around the forums

Nope, genuinely looking for rare seeds, recently moved house and have lots of space on window sills and in my new garden. Want something a bit different so if anyone has any other ideas please let me know.Thanks

Hi Wren1,Welcome to Gardeners Corner

Hi Guys and welcome to GC