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I would just create a no man's land, say a metre away from the roof line and just be ruthless with any bit that strays that far.

I've just done this myself - harvested from some corn marigolds. They came up in about a week (unheated) and are going great guns already! I thought I might try and overwinter them in my new greenhouse, see how they get on.

I remember in a biology class at school being told that worms were hermaphrodite, and it was explained that meant they were both sexes. The teacher went on to say that they couldn't mate with themselves because if they could they would never move or do any good to the garden. Much tittering...

I've grown Kniphofia ( both the basic one and the dwarf type ) for years in several differnt gardens but have never come across the plantlet as in your photo. My current one has 8 or 9 flower stems at present. If you can't do as @pete suggests there is another method you could try tho I don't...

You are unlikely to see any new canes now until late spring next year. By removing the brown canes you will improve the appearance and leaves may possibly appear on the remaining yellow canes. I feed mine with blood fish and bone which works well. Your bamboo looks like a variety of...

Would think Lime Motar being more porous would be better for letting plants grow around it, though we have small ferns growing around brickwoork using standard sand and cement.However in both cases thats for motar thats set and been well weathered as the Lime will be more locked in.Putting...

Hello allThanks for the Replies.Deadhead it is then ThanksKevin

It's possible that you could have pruned off this years flowers when pruning in spring, as they flower on last years wood. It just depends how haard you pruned them RHS advice isHow to prune hydrangeas DeadheadingAlthough the blooms on mophead hydrangeas can, in mild areas, be removed as...

Thank you for the replies, I have both of those, Mrs Bradshaw - I think I blinked and missed that one this year and 3 totally tangerine that flowered slightly longer! I’ll cut the stalks down anyway to tidy them up.

Best time to move is when the soil begins to cool down, ie September onwards. They make new roots at that time of year. Also if moving do not let the roots dry out. Seedlings hate that and die if they get too dry.

Just to say - doing really well, thanks v much This is the one from the previous photo now

They seem to do best when sown directly to ground, preferably at time of harvest. This also applies to foxgloves and even parsnips !! Thin subsequently to control population and they should do well.

Today was the first chance I got to dig them up. I found 30 full-sized bulbs, about 40 smaller but substantial ones, and about 60 or 70 'babies'. All firm and healthy looking (except the 3 I put my fork through...). Not bad for having planted 5 bulbs to start with! I wouldn't be at all surprised...

Definitely sharp scissors. Secateurs are useless for that. I have a couple of pairs of snips, and they're quite good for narrower foliage, but scissors are easiest. If you pull the leaf slightly to get it really taut, that also helps.

Thanks. Got that one already. We were looking for info on the taller ones like A. Tessa, A.Sirius and others of that sort of height.

I meant to reply last night but I got side-tracked. Certainly my thought till I saw @CostasK's amazing pot display was there would be nowhere I could put the Sorbaria in my garden, but having seen that lovely specimen in what isn't a huge pot I'm going to almost certainly go down the pot route....

Hello everyone,I have been searching for gardening forums and am happy to come across youMay I please ask for some advice on a new Star Jasmine Trachelospermum jasminoides I planted out last autumn.It struggled I think over winter as this spring I noticed some yellow leaves that dropped...

When I was little my mum taught at a school which had a swimming pool. Staff were aloowed to use it out of school hours so we used to go on Sunday morning. Afterwards I can remember my dad slicing a Mars bar up to share between all four of us - it felt like quite enough chocolate, toffee and goo!

Hello allAnd, Two Years Later Well, over the Last couple of Years, the Sage Iceterina and Purple Sage have Died in Late November(ish) at which point I have replaced them the following Spring only to Grow well and face the same Fate later in the Year.Well, this Spring, the Sage Icterina and...