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Thank you all, I'm usually very good at avoiding things like this but there are apparently lots of bugs around this winter ...

My thought also was to remove the top part, which has been suggested already. The bottom could be alright as a planter.If it was me, I would wait until the person who gifted this doesn't need me anymore and if she asked in the meantime, I would say something about considering aaall of the...

Agree with @Michael Hewett that it looks like a root problem. Vine weevil would probably have been very visible when you took it out but there are other, small root pests that could be the case. Root mealybugs and such.It might be worth taking it out from the pot again and inspect the roots...

Season's greetings all. Anyone have good knowledge re types of syringa? I've been investigating with a view to planting one and really wanted that sort of grey-y/blue-y/lavender colour. However, I don't want double flowered - I just do not like double flowered flowers, they lose the simplicity...

I could sow some and see what happens. I was going to give to some friends but that I'm not sure about

I intend to grow less this year, but I am not very good at being restrained lol. Hungarian Hot Wax and Anaheim are the two I shall be growing this coming season.

Rosemary is a good idea. It flowers, used in cooking, grows quickly and growing cuttings is easy. Tough plant as it grows up mountains in Greece.

Not so sure about that. The exports of cars manufactured in China and exported to the rest of the world has been increasing significantly, with 76% being fossil fuel powered. The EU has been watching and restricting the imports of EV's as they accuse the Chinese government of subsidies, yet in...

I grew 3 wisterias from seeds from a seed pod from my wisteria years ago. They grew into plants but mine died.The one I gave my daughter grew well and flowered some years later then she moved house and left it behind.The one I gave a friend grew well too then she also moved house but she...

Cut three or four appropriately sized sections off a bamboo cane and wedge them horizontally between the inner and outer pot. Should aid stability and allow humidity to rise.

Well, they never turned up. I hope that they discovered a better purpose to their existence than bringing joy to my Christmas feasting. The stilton tasted better with port anyway - so there. PS. To rub pickling vinegar into the wound, there was a recipe involving pw on the television today. I...