You are not alone. I do not particularly like gardening per se, but I do like messing with plants (good job I read that back as I had missed out...
Pieris
Optimum time is when the soil begins to cool down, ie September onwards. That is when they make their roots. Moving them at any other time means...
In the early years, prune to establish a strong framework with balanced branches and remove poorly positioned shoots. Though looking at your tree,...
It has been known. In our last garden it only ever appeared in alternate years (and never flowered at all).
The sad thing is that the chap who had the National collection seems to have retired from selling and now just organises the Plant Hunters Fairs....
Had an Email today purporting to be from the car tax people in Swansea. Very authentic looking except for the address of the sender. Could easily...
And home to the Orange tip butterfly, but it is a terrible weed thug.
Hate to disagree, but as it thrives in a sunny position, in moist but well-drained, ideally neutral to slightly acid soil. Will tolerate some...
First of April and the sun is shining so took these. https://imgur.com/a/omKFDFf
May be that those alpines are pollinated by beetles or flies rather than bees. Certailny high alpines are.
Anemone japonica, Firecracker(forget the name), Forget-me-nots and of course Roses.
Looks like the Lichen which was identified for me as Dog lichen, Peltigera sp. Dog lichen is a result of poor growing conditions for grass. As it...
I used to take the hedge cutters to it, at ground level in early spring. Never managed to kill the awful stuff.
Thank-you, that does look like it. No idea where it has come from, it has not been there before. He is usually well up on lawn problems as a...
Anyone put a name to this 'fungus growth in our neighbour's lawn?[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Not easy to see but the dark part of it looks like a piece of...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DY7BQDK4 At our previous house we became friendly with the farmer neighbour. His son had multiple problems with...
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We had fruit on ours at our old place, but it did take a few years to get mature enough. They are rather tasteless though.
Possibly. If they are C. persicum then they are only hardy down to about -5 so if Cork is warmer than that all winter, then there is a good...
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