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My green roof (2yrs old) is patchy and needs maintenance. I've read the instructions from the installation company, but they are vague. I'm going to add slow release fertiliser, with sedum off cuts plus a 'substrate'- but should this substrate contain vermiculite, perlite or something else? ...

I live in Prestwich and have become very interested in the botanical history of the area - particularly the Victorian botanist, John Horsefield. I got my first house and garden in 2022, and wanted to nod to his achievements by planting some of his hybrids.I managed to obtain some of his...

Plerandra elegantissima / Schefflera elegantissima / Dizygotheca elegantissima and ??? which have always lived outdoors ...

Hello allI hope you are well.I am having to replace a couple of my Sage Plants, Sage Icterina and Sage Purpurascens due to them struggling, badly.What is the best way to Plant these?They will be supplied in 9cm Pots and will be Planted in a South Facing Border.I know they are Drought...

Hello.On my roof terrace I have 8 Pittosporum Tenuifolium Silver Queen plants in 4 large wooden planters situated along the perimeter wall (2 plants in each planter). The reason is for both privacy and to allow a decent amount of sunlight through, as opposed to a dense hedge.As can be seen...

Hello allI hope you are well.I have a Potentillia in the Back Garden which is growing well but is a bit untidy, as can be seen here:Can anyone please offer some advice on how, and when, to Prune it?Also, can Potentillia be Hard Pruned?Thanks in advanceKevin

It is looking exceptional this year. It does lose its leaves here in Winter. Being in a pot I don't think it will ever flower.

I grew 3 hymenocallis Spider Lillies this year. It was a bit of an experiment as I thought the weather where I live would be too cold and wet for them to succeed here. However, they did and they were splendid. However, they will not last over winter as temps will be too low and the ground too...

I put my rubber plant outside for its summer holidays. That’s what I thought they liked, but it now looks battle worn and damaged. Can I cut it off above the damaged leaves and plant it up in another pot. Is this an easy way to resolve the problem. Thanks V

Hi,I have a clematis Montana that was doing great until recently and suddenly its leaves went really droopy (the whole plant).I tried watering it more but this didn't help. I have read that Montanas are quite resistant to clematis wilt so I guess that wouldn't be the most likely scenario...

Hi everyone. I have a selection of different irises in my garden which I planted 4-5 years ago. They are all in the same place, a long thin bed, and have multiplied, producing lots of large, colourful blooms. Last year and now this year again some of the buds are failing to fully open and are...

We went to friends yesterday and this is their Begonia 'Argenteo-guttata', Angel Wing Begonia, which was a cutting of mine from last Summer. This is it's second blooming. The lower stems are already cuttings of the original. It lives on their balcony.This is the mother plant who has lived...

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I’ve just moved to a new house and there are a number of shrubs which are rather overgrown. There’s this pearl bush which had spectacular flowers earlier in the year. However it’s huge. It’s been trailed up a trellis but this is struggling to hold it up now. It’s about 2.5m high 3m wide and 1m...

Hi I have put in a raised garden fish pond and would like to know what sort of plants would be suitable around our pond and must be dog friendly.... Our idea to to have some thing like a park pond but on a smaller scale Thanks for the help and advice

Hi, I have some shrubs in a raised flower bed that have been planted for the last 3 years and they are starting to die... The yellow Berbaris is dropping leaves after they’ve turned brown and spotty and my Hebe’s have always been brown on the inside however they too have started to...

My sincere thanks to the kind person who sent me tree lupin seeds last year; I had been aiming to grow one as I had to leave a beauty at a rental!.I sowed several of them early this year; good germination and some promising young plants. Then today I realised there is a bigger one hiding in a...

Does anyone know why my agastache black added would have changed colour.Bought them last year and they were definetly blue with hints of dark purple maybe.This year 1 was lost over winter, the other 2 have come back with more stems, they are not as tall and they are a definite mauve -...

Morning all. I'm new to the forum and this is my first post. I'm shouting out for inspiration and plant advice for a new project in part of our garden. We're building a daybed area at one end which is in the shade apart from the last few hours of the day when the sun goes down; it's the ideal...

I don’t know what it is about me, but when people decide to fly across the Pond, (Or channel) I seem to be high on the list of People to Dump Plants On...We have a stunning lemon tree, and the infamous Kilmarnock willow, that founded a herb bed, from one such migration, and a new friend has...