This year I would be the winner in a 'Failure to Grow' competition..... :(
Hi David, thanks. It is a bit in the shade , it's a bit overhung by a fast growing passion flower- and we haven't had much sun lately! I'll find a...
I agree, I don't envy you the other problems but I wish my lawn would sprout asparagus!
If the parsnips are the size you want, dig some up and try them! This site has a list of things you can still plant:-...
Hi windy et al, I am joining the blighted group! I've just come in from the garden where I've been uprooting and binning blighted tomatoes. I have...
I would just rake it to get the dead stuff off and reseed. It looks as though something has been on top of it for a while, in which case it...
There is a type of drill bit available specially for drilling ceramics and glass which I have used very successfully. Works better than an...
I love variegated plants and have an Actinidia Kolomikta, which is supposed to have pink and white colouring. Every year it produces one or two...
If you are really hard up, try Freecycle! I don't know where you are in England- the Bath and Frome groups are very active and it really is...
There is also a matting with copper inter-woven into it which you can put underneath bricks/ trivets. I haven't tried it yet but I'm going to!...
I had one which died right back in early spring after being weedkillered. It grew back and produced several flowers in August:[img] I posted...
Paeony? Mine little plants have pods with 3, 4, and 5 segments so perhaps bigger plants could have 6.
Give it a good cut , edge and weed and it will look very much better. You can buy patching packs of seed and fertiliser quite cheaply and this...
There are loads of varieties and colours- I don't think there's any way of telling until it flowers again next year- unless someone knows otherwise!
Right, thanks. I'm glad there are others who forget what they've bought- mind you your garden is so big you have an excuse!
It's very pretty anyway. Why wouldn't you have planted it where it is?
Position and drainage are really more important than soil type- with good drainage they will tolerate most soils.The fine fibrous roots will rot...
Yes, Impatiens is Busy Lizzy. It is very attractive- think I'll try some! [img] I like things with popping seeds.
Hi, I think it's Himalayan Balsam. It is very invasive but isn't it pretty? http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/himalbals.htm The victorians...
To my shame I didn't know about this... My daughter Becky is organising and running in a 5Km one in London on the 21st. She is running in memory...
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