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I get black spots on some yuccas most years, it's to do with out lousy weather.They can grow out of it but often it returns the following year, tends to show up in spring. I assume it's fungal but never found a good fungicide that works .

Thanks @Spruce will have a look in B&Q when we next go past. Our Range just had the bushy lobelia a couple days ago or big ready planted pots of the trailing. The latter looked lovely but I don’t need any more pots!

That's looking very healthy, @Cardiff Garden.

Another idea, Ugni molinae The Chilean Guava/Strawberry Myrtle. Evergreen reaches about 4 ft in height. The fruit is edible and the new growth is quite attractive. Mine has had fruit on it for the past year or so, thanks to the mild winters.

I’ll check which compost was used and examine the rootball as well. My mother says she’s been watering it but perhaps not enough. I’m hoping it’s not actually diseased.

This year, already huge:

Hello,I am based in Sheffield in the UK and trying to source a specific plant on behalf of my parents for a cat called 'Georgie' who has recently passed away two weeks ago.I believe that is it a mimulus plant, otherwise / also known as a monkey plant as well? Mimulus, commonly known as...

I thnk you could take all the long, straggly stems off - back to the main part of the shrub. Always cut to just above a joint if you can. Those aren't doing anything to help at this stage, and they're poor and etiolated due to that bamboo covering the shrub up. You can then clear the surrounding...

Yes, @Thevictorian, as an unregulated industry for marketing and advertising the unscrupulous will unfortunately do what they can get away with.

To avoid over and under watering, wait until the top couple of centimetres of compost feel dry, using your index finger. Then place your pot in the sink or on the draining board and water until the water runs out of the pot at the bottom, assuming your pot has an adequate draining hole. Stop at...

Our climate, here where I am, is very similar to NI, although we're a bit further north. It seems to need a bit more sun. The one I have in a slightly shadier spot doesn't do so well. I'm considering removing it and putting something else there instead. The one in the sunnier site is a bit...

I had one in a container last year. It was a disaster. I didn't get around to dumping it and couldn't get it out of the container this year. I must've scared the pants off it. It's looking really healthy and coming into bud. I think you're right about the dry spring (and winter).It didn't rot...

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...

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 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...

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....

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.

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.

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...

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.