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Thank you! I’m definitely not going to sit it outside in the sun anymore, perhaps it really and truly does just want to be left alone in a corner… it if keeps dropping leaves at this rate, it’ll be a stick soon !

I have more casualties with houseplants than plants in the garden. Were your ferns bought as houseplants @Jungle Jane or could they be given a new location outside?

Thanks everyone. I would have only taken a little bit off, but I'll leave them for now, especially as they are flowering.

Kew's favourite new species this year.Kew's Top 10 New Species of 2024 | Kew

I've had various Tilebarn (Anne, Greville, Nicholas) from AGS seed. I put them in a clay pot, cover with grit, leave in greenhouse and water when I remember. They germinate a lot slower than fresh seed from my own plants of hederifolium which are much plumper. The leaf patterns and colours on...

One of ours is in flower, but the other is still not showing any growth. Both bought from Lidl at the same time.

Yes, I can remember roughly what it is but not exactly.I think that rather than singing the name, which the world doesn't need to hear considering my..vocal abilities, I will think of it as a spell from Harry Potter.HYYLO-TELEPHIUM!

Thanks for the replies and tips . Much appreciated

I bought mine back in March, it was very small (see pic) and only a couple of quid. It was amongst some larger specimens and because the light was so bright at the garden centre, the leaves on the larger specimens were stunning.I was looking forward to what mine would turn out like. However,...

For foliage plants. My biggest three.Begonia luxurians.Coleus, flower stem removes and two side branches removes for cuttings which are now growing.Platycerium bifurcatum.

Someone gave me a small plant about 3 years ago. It seems to seed itself very easily. I had about a dozen plants appear in a domed planter last year !

Yes - use heavier ones and decent wire. It looks like you have wooden posts, so that's easier than the concrete ones, whch would need a hammer drill for the holes too. You can buy tensioners for wire as well, but I've never used them. This sort of thing -If you space the wires at no more...

Thank you! I like the idea of Hoya very much. If I observe the temperatures this winter and get the plant in spring it will hopefully have time to acclimatise over next summer... (you never know up here )I also like Stephanotis but have never grown it. Does anyone have experience?

I shall start feeding mine again now to keep it going until it settles into a regular flowering routine. It is the dark red type, carrying 4 or 5 flower heads per stem. It looks great when in flower but pretty boring when resting bald and when in leaf. The bulb is huge. I have kept it on a South...

Some of them look fine, but we'd need to know what they are. I'd certainly not expect early clems to look perfect at this time of year, but usually - good grower/suppliers are growing their clems undercover, so they tend to be pruned back to a reasonable height [for ease of packaging and...

It should still flower in spring. Some of the cultivated ones are slightly less tough though, so it might depend on the variety you have as to how it fares. I had a no show this year with the dark red one I have, but the white one was fine, and the lilac ones are always hard to kill - they're...

Hope it works for you @ClematisDbee

Trying to squeeze other hedging plants into spaces between cherry laurels in a container just risks compromising all the plants. Different in the ground, with a well prepped site and suitable conditions for them all to thrive.

Cordylines can recover if their roots haven't been frozen and killed @Cardiff Garden, depending on the variety and hardiness rating. The new shoots will appear either from the base of the trunk or higher up if the trunk has been cut to remove any damage. You can either leave the plant in the...