Many thanks for the replies. I'll keep it for a month or two yet before putting it in an outdoor pot.
That sounds a bargain - that thing I got online was £17.00!
I recently bought an Alstroemeria (Indian Summer) plant mail order from Thompson & Morgan and to be honest and considering what it cost I was...
Thanks for all the replies guys! :blue thumb:
Can anyone identify what type of tree this is please? It started growing all by itself in an old pot of compost so must have been from a dropped...
Thanks for the replies. I'll do a re-pot and feed and see how we get on. It's one of my favourite shrubs and would like to try and get some life...
I have a very bedraggled Pieris Forest Flame in a pot and I have to admit to not looking after it as I should have - shame on me! When it had full...
The door of my timber shed swells so badly in winter that it jams solid and can't be opened. Last summer I planed a few mm off the edge next to...
While I appreciate that weeds are the bane of everyone's life, they are really making my life hell just now. My house was built about 9 years ago...
Good point! :) To be honest I am a sporadic gardener, depending on my enthusiasm levels and I make no claim to being any good at it.
Alice, it may have been those yellow ones I have tried in previous years with poor results but the ones in question are, if I recall, the...
One of my favourite plants is crocosmia but I have never had much luck growing them, despite the fact I was led to believe they were very easy to...
Thanks for the tip. Sorted it out today as I found a couple of old ladder brackets hiding in the garage. Of course being a real old saddo I had to...
Trying to organise my new shed and find a space saving way to store my petrol strimmer. Thought I had cracked it when I placed it upright in the...
Cheers, thanks for the advice. So can I attack it straight away or do I wait until autumn? :-)
I have a Kilmarnock willow in my garden and last year I noticed an offshoot from the base of the trunk, just above ground level, which I didn't...
Thanks for confirming that. I was afraid some wag would answer "just wait until May and find out!"I don't think I can be included in the...
I've just bought a Photinia Red Robin shrub and only noticed the following on the label after I got home - "Foliage, March to May" - but what...
Fran. If I remember correctly when I repotted it I used a mixture of ericaceous and multipurpose compost .. BUT I made sure the top 3 inches or so...
Fran - thanks a lot for your advice. I moved the plant into that container (which is 500mm diameter) about 14 months ago as it had outgrown the...
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