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The bubble seems to be popping from more than one side as far as I can see - firstly, governments are fast running out of money and now up against the harsh reality that they've sacrificed basic services to fund this push, and now those basic services are so broken it is coming home too roost...

Jurassic plants website is a nightmare for me - too many tempting plants! They claim yuzu citrus is hardy - maybe Gloucestershire is mild enough to try @Neil Clements ?

I can recommend plastic milk bottle tops if you're short on pot feet. I've got each of the pots on my patio standing on three of these, evenly-spaced (think three-legged stool). There's been so much rain here this winter that they definitely need a bit of extra help with drainage, even though...

You are going to struggle its just the nature of climbing plants to be bare at the base while their heads are in the sun . Try and keep them more on a more diagonal angle 45 degrees to try and stimulate buds lower down, this will slow down the plant growing up , its not something I've done with...

Hello @hailboppThanks for the confirmation of them being Iris Ensata, I thought that was the case but was not 100% sure.I will Lift them in early March when I get back out in the Garden.At the moment the Iris Clumps are close to 50mm above the Paving Level so they definately need Lifting,...

The hybrid ones Devon Cream and one I was sold as Luna Moth (but isn't, it's like a bigger Devon cream) both flowered well last year. I'm amazed yours are all still green. Even the ones in my cold greenhouse aren't. I'm a sucker for hedychium, roscoea etc...

I have seeds for Mesembryanthemum crystallinum to try this year.I usually do hanging pots for a friend and wondered if anyone here has grown them. If they work well on hanging pots and any tips you can offer to help me get some success.Many thanks. Lori

The other stem on the Amarylis over 2 ft tall...

@Andrew Funnell are you coming back?

Some of my neighbours employ a dodgy looking window cleaner with a fancy van and fancy prices. Strangely he always seems to appear when it’s raining .

I remember from when I was a kid, in the videogame minecraft, if you right click with the bonemeal on a small tree it will instantly become a mature 10m tree. So use it carefully!!!

Another good place to get unusual plants used to be the old traditional town market or annual fair where you might get the hobby growers with just a small table of surplus whatever. The annual Seed Fair (26th March) and Honey Fair (13th September) in Conwy are still pretty good for this. (The...