If your budget allows, I'd try to get a similar sized plant from a garden centre otherwise you'll be waiting a long time for a cutting to catch up...
I wondered about that too @AnniD. Dahlia David Howard is a vigorous grower, one of the best I have ever grown! I can see that combination...
I would replace the Cherry laurel with another Portuguese laurel @NoviceGardener2023 and then just top your soil with some manure or conditioner...
Your Portuguese laurels look very healthy to me. They can get quite big though so will need to be regularly pruned. Your soil doesn’t look too bad...
This is Irish Yew, now about four years old. It's in quite a deep but narrow pot. Yew can be pruned without causing browning, often used in...
Both clumping and non clumping bamboos expand outwards, like grasses, to produce their new canes. They really need width to grow and produce...
My neighbour knocked on my door last week to tell me that her box had box moth infestation and she was going to rip it all out. I asked her to...
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but bamboo won’t be happy in a container restricted by that width for more than a year or two. You will be...
If you have pigeons nearby they will soon discover the seed heads and start to remove them :biggrin:. When I see pigeons browsing on my lawn I...
May and June are the months when most bamboos send up new canes in the UK. I'd just keep removing any more that appear this month and then relax...
Have you considered ornamental grasses? My first choice, Calamagrostis Karl Foerster, is columnar with flower stalks reaching 1.5m. It is happy in...
Thank you @CostasK, that's helpful to know. I'm not keen on soft pinks or other pastel colours and am hoping that Gabriel Oak will be the deep...
Thanks @Banana Man, your Trachy is really impressive, kept very neat and tidy!
Yes I agree @Sheal, I thought that more ground cover plants would be needed under some of those mentioned :biggrin:.
Thank you @fairygirl. I think I've just about got there now! Your pergola and fencing are very smart :blue thumb:. Good to see that your Phormium...
Irish yew (Taxus baccata fastigiata) has a columnar habit, will grow in a container in full sun to dense shade. They are slow growing to start but...
Thank you for posting your photos @Banana Man. That is a remarkable transformation :wow:Are you in the south of the country and how much...
I know what you mean about that sort of loud colour @BB3. It stares at you and follows you :thud:. I have a rose which is supposed to be orange...
Still an impressive growth rate @Thevictorian. Does your friend pollard the Cotinus?
I finished the border in the front garden today, adding a couple of Stipa tenuissimas and topping the border with bark. My order of two roses...
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