Salvia microphylla (blackcurrant sage) and its cultivar 'Hot Lips' both seem indestructible, smell delightful and have a long flowering season....
It's a lavatera or tree mallow - very pretty, I agree :spinning:
This Jersey Tiger moth just decided to park himself on the outside of one of my windows for a while. Photo taken from the inside, so the grotty...
It's the horse chesnut canker that we see so much of locally @pete, having so many of those trees on our commons and in our parks. Affected trees...
More than likely @pete, it's one we also get locally, more and more. Very sad always to see the trees struggling!
I think this is likely to be down to sooty bark disease, which is certainly an increasing problem for sycamores and occasionally other kinds of...
Like most Councils mine buys its trees from Barcham's, who are very knowledgeable but also probably err on the side of caution when asked for...
Very concerning. I'm a tree warden (volunteer role) in a borough a few miles from Kew, and I know that our local tree team are already factoring...
I've been pleased with Laura, if a columnar tree could fit the bill? Mine's grown well and strongly - not sure how long the fruit might stay on,...
Could it have been cyphel (minuartia sedoides)? Unfortunately the ID photo focusses on the flowers!
I'd not heard of Pheno Geno roses before, so have just looked them up; certainly your photo doesn't look much like the Ruby Mella on the Pheno...
@CarolineL I agree with @On the Levels that it's worth a go; all local authorities now have a 'biodiversity duty' they should be complying with,...
That's a nice project to have :). And here's a nice starting point, some general advice from the RHS which also includes links to plant lists:...
Have never felt a need to try these - as @pete says, the lid keeps the sunlight out, so the water never goes green, or smells. So I'd say leave as...
Yes! I use the leg and foot from an old pair of opaque tights, fixed onto the connector where the water comes in, on the inside and using a...
lilieslilacprivet, if allowed to flower, has a very heady scent - rather unpleasant if you ask me, but some like it!
Star of Persia, i.e. allium christophii - it's the first time I have grown this and I do think it is stunning! [ATTACH] A first zantedischia...
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