Has anyone else had anything strange in flower? I noticed this on my eucaluptus at the weekend. [img]
It's that time of year when baby things hatch, including spiders.They get away from where they were born (to lessen competition for food) by...
Honeysuckle can be a bit rampant, but if it's the bind weed you're trying to get rid of spray it with glyphosate before the honeysuckle starts to...
Too early? I bought my plants at the end of Febuary.I get them really small and bring them on in my porch(I don't have a greenhouse)I pinch them...
If you want to keep the lawn you will have to put in a lot of fork holes and brush in sharp sand, otherwise you need to dig in as much organic...
I grow it as much for the flowers as the leaves,it still produces loads of nice new red leaves when the flowers have died off a bit, They grow...
You'll probably find that the red flowering part (being the natural colour) is more vigorous than the stipped bit and will eventually take over...
If you have a local W.I. market with a plant stall it might be worth a look, mine has lots of bargains, including a black bamboo which I bought...
He really is down to earth isn't he? I ussually refer to him as uncle Alan when passing on his advice, "Uncle Alan says......" He's also quite a...
Apart from spraying everything with something really toxic the only thing I can suggest is start feeding the birds. Once the message gets out that...
The most importaint part of making bonsai trees is root pruning in the early years. It looks at bit big already try pruning it top and bottom but...
Cordyline dracea or yucca ? Yuccas usually have wide thick leaves with a ridge down the middle of the under side, cordilines have more flexible...
Ferns v flowers With fronds like these who needs anenomies. sorry.
Ladybird they're definatly Sufinias I always grow 'Blue vein' because it smells so good. The rest don't smell. It produces seed pods so I pick...
I can't help but I have a similar thing with mine, some plants have every petal of every flower apparently nibbled round the edges and others are...
I'm guessing that your plants die of thirst so try bamboo or some grasses that have reasonable wide leaves like 'hakenachloa'. when they get...
Do you not have to dead head petunias? I've been doing it for years and they're disgustingly sticky.
How fit are you? You shouldn't have too much moss to get out if it's only a year old but thats the fist thing to do either with a rake or hire a...
The hanging basket stuff is called swell gel or supergel depending on the brand. You can buy small sachets on market stalls supposedly for flower...
I've had a standard bay in apot for years and every spring and autumn I do as Pete suggests (more like an inch for me) and add pelleted chicken...
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