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They say that winter reveals the garden, unfortunately it doesn’t reveal much more! I know what to expect visiting Beth Chatto’s garden and wanted to do something whilst recuperating and before I go back to work.Obviously garden come a live in spring (April puts the spirit of youth in...

A salvia I would recommend is "Royal Bumble". From personal experience I've found it to be a really good flowering variety. As you are in Kent, you might be interested in Dysons nursery, they are salvia specialists . Dyson's Nurseries: specialists in growing Salvias in Kent

I wonder if they are reenacting the "Cliff Richard playbook". Not sure you have evidence but want to make any investigation stick in the public mind, do a highly visible search, tipping off the media first so you can ensure it's all caught on camera for posterity. The media will then...

Argos has a red codes moneys off 10% 20% 50% off some items, but as i don't do buying online, so the question is, can the codes which are on the website be used in store? i've looked at the terms but can't see anything that says i can't used them, but as i don't buy online and it's about 25...

If I'm honest, it's more the former. I want something 'low maintenance'.

I just write on the pot and add a date. When we donate to the charity plant sale we use cut up milk bottles.

Hard wood cuttings have stored energy so they can often continue to throw out leaves before they root. I would personally remove the fruits because they are just robbing the energy and won't come to anything. In water you get those little white dots as a precursor to rooting. It's a good sign...

Given the probability that you will harvest and enjoy the bean pod rather than the embryonic bean seed, what advantage do you seek ?

HelloThanks for the Replies.Well, I spent some Time with the Phlox Yesterday whilst it was relatively Nice out, and, it turned out to be less of an issue than I thought.Due to the Soil still being Wet after the Rain overnight, I was able to Pull the Grass pretty easily, I will just need to...

@GreenFingeredPete I agree re tomato seeds. I keep packets sealed in the fridge, and have had good germination of Purple Cherokee for 3 years. There were about 100 seeds in the packet - shame to waste them. I grew about 10, and gave spare youngsters to friends.

Nine thousand! Ri-ight. Well, we'll see what it does this year...

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