Sorry if I misunderstood, but are you just wanting a pond in a position that isn't full sun? My container pond is like that. If you choose the...
Thanks @Plantminded I was planning on getting some for the fencing (following a past recommendation by you) so I can try it on the gravel as well....
Thanks @fairygirl, this is music to my..erm ..eyes, with it being a written message :smile:The aspect of the area the acer will reside in is...
For me, the berries of pyracanthas steal the show in Autumn. I have 2 of them. The berries of the first one ("golden charmer") have already...
@katecat58 thanks for sharing your experience. Presumably you mean that the leaves went crispy early in the season, not when they were about to...
Thank you so much @fairygirl for taking the time to share all this information. It's super helpful. I will use the second pot and follow your...
Thank you @fairygirl That's good advice (as usual). It was indeed one of things I picked up on, when doing a bit of research online last night -...
I hadn't bought a plant in months. Today I finally gave into my urges and bought this beautiful acer "moonrise", which was half price at B&Q, so...
I returned home around 5am today, after 2 weeks abroad, and I couldn't resist checking out the garden with a torch before getting sleep (I had...
Autumn is considered a good time for planting shrubs & trees or moving shrubs, and I am always really eager to do that if I have a plan involving...
:biggrin: @ViewAhead that is so true but I've been strong so far. Especially yesterday - we had some time to kill so my partner and I popped to a...
I think that there are specific situations where a spreading cotoneaster can be useful. I am still not a fan of the "horizontalis" variant but I...
Today I did some deadheading before work and a bit of watering during my lunch break (only a few plants in containers that looked desperate).On...
Going back to the subject of cottoneasters, I wanted to clarity I am not against them in general. I do have two, a ground cover one which is...
@ViewAhead, I have had 2 cotoneaster horizontalis in the past. Via pruning, I was able to make them grow a bit more like a normal shrub, but it's...
It's been a sociable weekend so it wasn't all about the garden, but I did the usual deadheading, some weeding, moved a few of potted plants...
Mystery solved. This is where I had bought it from.[ATTACH]@Thevictorian my soil is roughly neutral. I did incorporate some erricaceous...
I deliberately phrased it that way :biggrin:For the record, I will love the plant equally, regardless of whether it is female, male or...
Hi,I have a few female gaultheria mucronata shrubs, that produce berries. I had a male for them but it died over the winter and I ordered a new...
I think @Sheal 's suggestion of replacing with pleached trees would definitely give you that privacy that you are after.On the other hand, if...
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