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My first Iris reticulata have opened today.

cardoon/artichoke seeds are unfortunately bitter, but sunflower seeds are good. i havent had luck with them though as the heads seem to rot after seed set. I think if you raise them indoors early and plant them out so they flower in early summer youll get a good harvest.Ive grown amaranth and...

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

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 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...