Other Plants

Good spot! Anything that's been sprayed on that ivy could easily have drifted onto the skimmia.

Thinning flowers, maybe, chopping them all off seems a bit harsh. I have removed flower buds from bedding plants in the past before planting out.

I also think it's a sign of a healthy plant.

Yes, that is correct I find it to be an easy plant. I've even pruned it later in the season e.g. Summer and it bounced back in time to have lots of blooms by next Spring. The only thing I don't like about it is that it looks quite unappealing during Winter. But other than that, it's a good plant.

I've got a few self seeded ones coming up in the garden. Along with the hordes of docks and willowherbs that are enjoying the warmth and the recent rain.

There's a street near me where the hollyhocks grow out on to the pavement as weeds. When they are in seed I pull off a few pods as I go past. I'm now getting a little patch established at the bottom of the garden.

Thanks that's a good suggestion! Nottingham HPS are helping me kindly with one cultivar but I hadn't reached out in general.There are some nice ones in europe just no where wants to do an individual phytosanitary certificate even if you offer to pay. Otherwise i'd be in the car on a...

I give my Fatsia a good drench with 10ltrs water and 2 capfulls of Tomato Feed. It will pick up in a few days.

Thank you for this advice. Really appreciated. I will give it a light prune and try and somehow get it back in the garage for a small period whilst the frosts are still just loitering about. Thanks again

Yes pruned them a few weeks back. I think I will leave it until Autumn, probably a better time! Thanks for advice.

Thanks for the link I've had a quick look and a number of them don't seem to be available from nurseries, so some in depth searching on the site will be necessary.Ideally with a Fuschia it would have to be a minimum height of 4ft, preferably nearer 6ft but many of them are smaller than that....

I use a plastic bag for such seedlings and leave it in place until I can either see roots at the base of the pot, or the cutting starts to show some proper growth.Have a go with the above suggestion in a glass of water too

Thank you for posting your photos @simone_in_wiltshire, a very nice tree and also a very nice spot for a coffee break . It's very encouraging when a professional gardener admires your garden, he was right!

Hello @ViewAheadThanks for the Reply.I have just got back in from Moving the Potentilla, it is now Raining so it will get a nice Watering to settle it in.Hopefully it will recover well.ThanksKevin

Update on colour of flowers

Irish Yew has a narrow columnar form, suitable for a container. Should be readily available .

There are so many varieties and many of them look very similar - as no doubt you've found out already. I had a similar problem. There's a school near me with a beautiful specimen about 15ft high and laden with berries in early winter. I searched for a long time to try and identify the variety,...

Hello @JennyJBThanks for the Reply.I will wait until after they Flower.Kevin

Many thanks for the advice

It's a long time since I've had Spirea in the garden, but if I remember rightly they flower on the previous year's growth so you prune them immediately after flowering. If you want a dense rounded shape you can do it by clipping them all over.When they get mature (not your problem just now) you...