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Erm ... ... gosh, this is a toughie ... ... its on the tip of my tongue ... ....... ....

I agree with Armandii - I think you have to go for it - such a shame after all that it went through during the bad weather.

Hiya madahhlia, the collection is at Marazion, near Penzance in Cornwall. I bought half a dozen varieties last year in flower so knew exactly flower colour, size, etc. I potted them on into larger pots for large plants this summer

Hi - Madahhlia. I too had read that D. excelsa was just a varient of imperialis. Excelsa had several flowers for me and they do seem to be very similar to pictures I have seen of the imperialis flower. But otherwise I would have said they were very different plants. Imperialis has very...

The crocus bulbs that I bought from Poundland in January for 50p, half price, have all come up and two of them are flowering, others have lots of buds. Nice feast for early pollinating insects hopefully.The tulips have all come up too, but slightly behind tulips that I planted back in late...

Nice. I've just got some cheap zantedeshia but have lived in places where there are lots of wild aroids that were lovely to spot. I also used to have lots of different colour variants of caladium around my house and yes, there they flowered away. Probably due to my neglect cos they were behind...

Not too late at all @AuntyRach . I often sow them at this time of year. I just sowed some a couple of days ago, and may do some more soon. It'll give you a later display, which many people find useful. Remember that they don't necessarily need lots of sun either. I grow lots of mine in shadier...

Thank you for the ideas @Michael HewettWe currently live in a rental place and most of the double glazing on the windows is shot, so they aren't as warm as the kitchen window where the Orchid is, so it would be nice to have some plants that don't mind being a bit chilly and bring in some...

Thank you. I thought i'd got rid off all those pesky things! I normally spot them because of there bright orange shells. Thanks

I killed my Beaucarnea somehow, it was only a little baby. Tempted to try again now.

Well, sal, you're thinking about the group of Clematis called Cirrhosas. They're mostly evergreen and here's a few names: Freckles Landsdown Gem Jingle Bells Wisley Cream Balearica a slightly exotic Clematis called napaulensis and of course, Winter Beauty The group Armandii are evergreen but...

Thanks sirius,i went to B&Q today but i could only see houseplant compost so i need to go to wicks to see if they have any,i didnt think to look outside in B&Q for orchid bark? i asked the woman on the till but she looked at me like id gone out so i just paid for my stuff and left. I did trim...

Thanks Daisees - I'll chop them off over the weekend.

Best leave them in peace a week or two @Dropmore till they've nested and laid eggs.I've just received an alert to say the swallows, swifts and house-martins will be turning up soon so I need to get their main nesting site (old ruin of a former farmhouse) cleared out so we don't disturb them...

Hi my red robin had greenfly /aphids last year and for 2weeks I swelled it with washing up liquid it killed them all so try it it works

Awesome. Thanks. If that's not exactly it, it's close enough. I'll order some for next year.

Have you thought about a climbing hydrangea?

But thank you. I will stop watering it and see if it revives when spring comes. Thank you all!

Thank you . I will try that . Time for a coffee