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Many thanks for the link I bookmarked it.I concentrate on plants that have survived the rainy and dry years. I have spent hundreds of £££ to find out that most of them were in a wrong place here in my garden. Since 2022, I use less and less water in the garden and don't grow vegetables which...

Just out of interest CanadianLori I just looked on Google Maps to see what part of Ontario you are from, also looked on BBC at the Weather and it is cold there.

All our apple trees are between 70 and 100 years old. We work hard at preserving them but I think that some of them are gradually deteriorating although they still give us masses of apples every year. One of the trees had half of it come crashing down in a storm last year but a tree...

It could be what I've always called Baby Blue Eyes but sorry I don't know the Latin name for it. It's currently taking over my garden.

If you follow the advice given above re ensuring the containers are able to drain well and raise the containers off the ground so excess water can run out, there is little more you can do whilst the rain continues other than providing some form of cover for each container. A few sticks in each...

Yes I agree with previous posts. You need to do a light trim now ( so as not to stimulate overgrowth) and a summer prune later in August or September. With the summer prune you will reduce vigour as you will remove energy from the sap and leaves being taken out. The reason winter pruning...

Thank you all very much, I've been looking these up and have found some possibilities. Plantminded - I found a video with an Escallonia Iveyi (white) with the form that I am seeking so I will definitely be getting one of those. It's interesting about the Mahonia 'Soft Caress' I have one in the...

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All my plants are edible but I wouldn't say they are decorative and some have never fruited eg my figs Some plants just constantly die eg my cranberries

I still like my soil block method.