As a veteran of weedy pots, just keep removing any leaves which pop up. Once the Campanula finishes flowering you could tip it out and separate...
Am looking forward to the raspberries on our new plants @Allotment Boy but they are just tiny little green ones at the moment. But you’ve just...
Planning to get into the garden today. Hopefully finishing off the Cosmos and Rudbeckia, will not grow so many next year. I think I forget, in...
Spent a few hours yesterday planting out my annuals into the garden and did a couple of my summer pots. Also made a note to myself not to grow so...
Hello everyone, another week starts. They seem to come round so quickly.We have had a very quiet weekend compared to most of you. Saturday was...
If you say someone is hamming it up, it means they are overacting, being over-the-top. So someone who is a ham is overly theatrical but bad at it...
I wouldn’t bother improving the soil as the hedge looks healthy. Portuguese laurel is tough as old boots and as long as the hedge is trimmed it...
What is the size of the space available @JCT ? I’m guessing you want a spread of around 1m if you were looking at J.Skyrocket?Amelanchier...
Is it composted manure @Goldenlily26? If so they may well be fine. Will be like supercharged compost. I potted mine up into neat organic...
I assume you don’t eat any fruit at all then as all those concerns would apply to any you buy. At least you can control some of those for...
Why wouldn’t you eat them? Homegrown peaches are delicious as you can eat them when they are perfectly ripe. If the skin is blemished or covered...
I think the Juniper will struggle with the light conditions. As @Plantminded has suggested you can easily keep a fatisia japonica trimmed to a...
We haven’t seen our nuthatches either @Ergates usually they are regular daily visitors. I do hope they are ok
I think it’s a shame they don’t have old GW available on iplayer. When I looked earlier this year. they only had maybe 12 months worth. I must...
We have a small group of parakeets here. They live mainly in the large mature street trees. We only get occasional visits into the garden itself,...
Soft rain at the moment and forecast to last most of the day. The garden will appreciate it and hoping it tops up my water butts, hardly anything...
As said heucheras, hebes and ferns. I would also look at Libertia chilensis, evergreen scrappy foliage and attractive long lasting seed heads....
That’s a lot of beans @Busy-Lizzie, we find just a few gives us more than enough for just the two of us. Not much happening here as still feeling...
The ones you have found on the Coftins website are annuals. Quite a lot of plants which are grown as annuals in the uk are longer lasting...
Styles have a red rose called George
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