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They have had a winter of low light and colder, wetter weather. So it's no surprise they aren't at their best. Give them until Easter and then look at them again. Unless you reside somewhere virtually frost free you will not see much happening at the moment. In my cold greenhouse I've just...

I've seen many a slug being munched by a hedgehog, they sound surprisingly crunchy.

With all that has been going on with our greenhouse and also having the tree surgeons in, and the rain, I haven't had much time to take photos.I did take a few shots of one of our SarcococcaWe have had it for many years and needs fairly hard pruning each yearWe had to get the surgeons...

I think you end up with stronger plants by overwintering, maybe just my thinking, long time since I've grown them. Tbh.Fox gloves and wallflowers are a bit tougher IMO.

I also passed a house near where I live and that had a nice couple of rhododendron in the border, quite close to the rose bushes, should I knock on their door and have a word? I didn’t bother as could tell by the label on the rhododendron it was a cheap one from Lidls*.As they say if you like...

I think they might well do.

The first episode is a bit depressing but stick with it. You are in for a very odd evening!

Bit late for this year but if you have really claggy clay soil I'd try winter green manure, something like grazing rye, it works if you dig it in when the clay is drying slightly, wait too long and it will be hard work. The rye really helps the drying out in early spring and the roots make the...

That keeps the other lanes clear for us then .

A good one to try which will tolerate clay @Andrew Funnell is Calamagrostis Karl Foerster. It has a columnar form, growing to about 1.5m in flower. Others include Panicum Northwind, also narrow and columnar, and Miscanthus Malepartus which is a larger, vigorous grass. The three have different...

Use your search engine and input - how to use manure for fruit trees. This will help.

I have gotten fruit yes. They were originally bought as basically cuttings and I had issai fruit in the first year on a plant that was only a couple of feet high. I've heard they should be a few years old before they start fruiting though. I had kens red and red giant from the same order, but...