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@Perki I bought that Acer in 2020 out of naivety that red leaves look nice. Reality was that in the first spring, it lost all its leaves to leave scorch. I took it out of the ground and put it into a barrel pot for 2 years to have it in a shade corner. It had a poor life because a tree in a pot...

Hi, another climbing hydrangea question, does anyone grow "bright side"? It is another plant I was given, not something I'd personally buy but am willing to see if I'm wrong. When I received it the leaves were quite scorched. I don't know if this was because it was in a pot and last summer was...

Hi, does anyone grow schizophragma hydrangeoides? I was given one some years back and it's done well but not been in its forever spot yet. Was wondering how and where people are growing it? I know it would do well up a tree and that they grow massive but despite it seemingly loving the full sun...

Some more Camellia photos.

Oops! Sorry @cactus-girl I repeated what you said. We must watch the same programmes.

The bed is 6m x 1/2m two strips. Bit expensive and labour intensive with straw. Vine weevil I did not know about, I'll look that up. I will dig out the older plants and let the new suckers take over.

I think it is about 2.5ft deep, so a fair size. Whatever is in there gets watered daily along with the hanging baskets etc. I do actually have the components of an auto-watering system in the shed, just not had time to install it... maybe that is a task for this year

Saves a lot of time just reading the fact checking on anything Trump says. Evidently none of his Maga supporters actually do that, just take his word for it. It would be laughable if it wasn’t such a tragedy.

Olivia Rose Austin may also be suitable, judging by the picture in the Handbook which arrived today.

Thanks @NigelJ - that looks good.

As well as the Lonicera nitida another which may do well is Griselina - evergreen, quite fast growing and doesn't appear susceptible to disease.

Job done -- with the help of a friend. Thanks for all the suggestions.

@Palustris I'll wait for it to flower. It's wedged itself between a geranium and a veronica. If it behaves like the lesser jobs, it's unlikely to do any harm.

So today April opened ....... and the first bloom of Adonicus Yellow ...... and a few more to come...