Looks like a very tough site for a hedge to live in but if there is good soil beneath the gravel them you could plant Cotoneaster and trim it to...
I think the vulnerable to slugs at a young age is probably right as that was my best guess as to why I failed to get them going from seed a few...
I think due to the potential for disease getting into the cherry tree it is better to constrain yourself from being very severe with cutting it...
The garden here is near the top of a hill in fairly open countryside so there are a number of trees that I have tried to assist when the wind has...
Ajuga makes a nice low growing ground cover and I have not seen it suffer from the slugs where I have it planted. The purple leaved types I have...
Nice weather here today and more signs of life coming back to the garden. Bay leaf in flower [ATTACH]Ladybird on Berberis [ATTACH]Lamium in...
I view greenfly as the food for the predator insects that will keep them under control. There are predatory wasps, hover flies, ladybirds and...
I don't see any other space you are looking to put plants in. The links I added are small shrubs but I agree it looks like you don't have a lot of...
There is a type of Amelanchier I have planted that is more shrub like and stays about 2metres in height - Amelanchier spicata.Can't be very...
Going to try post some photos from my phone over the weekend to see how it goes. New Pieris forest flame [ATTACH]Plum tree flowers [ATTACH]...
I'd suggest planting Mahonia, pittosporum tom thumb, and Darwin's barberry in the space inside the hedge. Happy gardening!
There is more than one way to reach your goal of a 6-8ft hedge. Cutting the trees all level at 4foot should work out to help them produce more...
Got a break in the rain today for the first time in a while so made a video clip showing most of what is flowering in the garden here for March....
Might work if it is sunny and well drained in the area but I found when I tried creeping thyme seeds direct in the garden they did not get going...
A bit dreary and wet here today as well but stayed dry for long enough to make a quick video of some of the February flowers on show today here....
Looks to me like it might be damage from cutworms or leather jackets which are insect larvae that hatch from eggs laid in the grass and eat the...
Grass is not likely to be growing much at this time of year due to the temperatures so it is likely to look much more like a typical grass lawn...
Kind of a bit embarrassed to admit it but the strangest thing I dug up was a live frog. I grew a lot of Jerusalem artichoke and was selling a few...
Most up to date video of that hedge I posted is here and it was made three years after planting which is now two years ago. Its a bit more...
I would not use a synthetic weed membrane under a newly planted hedge as it can create a long term problem for the soil environment in your...
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