Looks in very good health @BB3!
@BB3 last year you had a small fern seeded into a rose. Did you manage to extract it and pot it on? I had one too; these are pictures from last...
A lovely species @NigelJ . I moved it from an area that was too dry (close to a massive Bramley apple) and as a reward I got months of striking...
It's interesting then why the vigorous growth is from the bottom. The way it is tied looks like it might be wrapped tightly - it invites the...
Presumably these vigorous shoots are from the rootstock, although I cannot quite see where the graft union is in this picture. The way the tree is...
When I search 'butterfly on tree trunk' I get a few images returned with butterflies doing a headstand, and they mostly seem to be painted ladies...
[ATTACH]I don't recall seeing this before. After taking the photo I searched for upside-down butterfly and only found butterflies resting under...
As an aside, Thuja hedges (also coniferous) are reputed to regrow when cut back beyond the green growth, and Leylandii is infamous for not doing so.
@Loofah well spotted, that's Fatsia polycarpa. Slow growing for me, but it was knocked by a severe cold in the winter after I'd planted it - that...
It's been pretty dry in Cambridgeshire for the past six weeks or so, with the exception of one day of rain. That day did help in perking up the...
That does suggest there are gardens without concrete, or at least large parts of it. As that aspect came up as an unknown quantity (feasibility of...
About the presence and depth of (old) concrete - what do the neighbouring gardens look like? It could be worthwhile speaking to neighbours and...
Perhaps make sure that the ferns you lift are not bracken. Bracken can be well-behaved in woodland, but I'd still avoid it.
I'm quite curious. It reminds me of the Blechnum genus, but I haven't found a good match. Perhaps e-mail the gardens?
I use only home-made compost and (very) occasionally a bucket of comfrey tea, plus I mulch a lot to get good humus-rich soil. Plants have managed...
As a minor point, nematodes and beer traps are also forms of murder, with averted eyes. I very selectively kill slugs and snails (with...
The ones I struggled a lot with and lost are Arachniodes aristata, Rumohra aristata and Coniogramme emeiensis. Agree with @Plantminded about...
I wondered whether you would pop up over here after the "I've had it with Hostas" post @BB3! I have tried quite a large number of ferns, and some...
I have a push mower. Love the sound of it, and there is an element of exercise as well. I've never had a petrol or electric mower, so don't even...
Strong winds, like heat waves, droughts and floods, will keep increasing in prevalence and strength. Not every place on earth will get the same...
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