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Easy peasy Snowbaby No you dont need rooting powder Take "pipings"....cuttings from shoots without any buds, about 3" or so long. Mpc is fine but if you add 50% perlite so much the better. Water. Cover with polythene bag. Leave in a warm spot out of direct sun. Come September you will have...

The tallest plant is the willow, best to remove it completely if you can, otherwise it will just regrow.

that's the ones thank you

@PeterS Thank you for your detailed reply, much appreciated. I do intend to leave my red tulips to remain in their next planting location, so I will plant the large of the plantlets with them and grow on the remainder in a nursery patch. I shall also consider following your lead in...

Thanks all for replies, other than a very light tidy up I've never really pruned them so maybe cutting back quite hard will encourage new growth and thickening.

That's a bargain!

Yes, the shoots are on an old flower stem.I stopped watering it for two months as I simply forgot about it (once the flowers had gone over I moved it you see).Many thanks for the advice.

It's Adenium obesum. Not really a bonsai plant,it is basically a succulent from warmer parts.I'd definitely not try using normal Bonsai methods when it comes to growing it. Just let it get on with it and keep it warm. It will not get bigger than a couple of feet tall after many years.It...

Thanks patience isn't one of my virtues I must admit so I'll keep waiting!!

@Mowerman - Thank you for your kind words and advice. Much appreciated!

Thanks Pete -maybe need to get my little greenhouse heater out and plugged in !

Stick them in the soggy bit - they'll take there

not sure what to do with this as it doesn't look great and is in the wrong place for me. Shall i be brave and get rid or should I replant elsewhere? Any thoughts? Worried if it's a fungus that it could spread.

I'd just use water. Never really liked any kinds of leaf shine.

You walked into that, pete!!

can't upload this neat picture of clear ice hanging from the red branches of this shrub. oh, well.

So if I prune the photonics, can I take most of the growth off? I sort of like the face that it is turning into a small tree... (it's a shrub, right?) . In the summer, I have perennials that grow right up to where the foliage starts. Thanks for the advice. I'll cut it as we enter March. :-))

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Yes, @Snorky85 it's the 27th and 28th of May.

Wow @silu that is fantastic!! Just the kind of advice I needed. Going to get my book out later and look up your suggestions. I'm happy to have several pots that I can change with the seasons for all year round interest.Excited about putting this all together.