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I have just made a new bed with roses and perennials, mostly sunny, clay soil with lots of compost worked in. These are what I planted between the roses, campanula, veronica, salvias, pink penstemon, hemerocallis, anchusa, nepeta and lychnis coronaria. There is a nearby bed with lots of shrubs...

Even more info for you. All vine weevils are female. There are no male ones.

I have planted Deutzia which not only have a lovely green from early spring to late summer and allow planting of flowers around them. but they also have lovely flowers which are loved by bees and butterflies in May/June. You could plant a Deutzia in the middle of your beds. They don't need care...

Just been watching some videos on Youtube, my orchids are looking quite sad at the moment and I thought I'd pick up some tips there. One guy was watering his orchids with ground coffee (pour on boiling water, allow to cool and then strain), and another was using a solution made from sliced...

My hubby once had to audit a slaughter house - it was cattle. He had to do a stock check. I think it was pretty smelly. I would have refused as I would never be the same again. I hate going in butchers because of the smell.

I used to start mine in autumn and keep in a cold greenhouse over winter, did that in Essex and for a number of years in Devon. These days I chit them in February and then into root trainers in the cold greenhouse. Why the change? I found that with the milder winters they were growing too much...

I can only identify the ivy in your photos, do you know what species your hedge is? The ivy has undoubtedly taken a hold over it, depriving it of light, nutrients and water. A close up of the hedging with leaves visible would be helpful.