Hoping someone can advise me :smile:.I am making some changes to a large flower bed and planned to dig up plants and keep them in trugs for a...
I would also go down the grasses route. Have a look at the Knoll Gardens website, lots of information and inspiration :smile:.Knoll Gardens –...
Agree about Thuja hedges - my OH cut ours back almost to the trunks years ago, and it did grow back. Looked dreadful for a while though.
As is always the way Lucy, you will be bombarded with different advice :smile:.We all look at the situation and decide how "we" would deal with...
What a shame, but at least you now know what you're dealing with.
It's quite possible that whoever decked it was someone who didn't like gardening and decided it was the easiest option. It really was all the...
Hi Lucy, welcome to the forum :smile:.First of all, I don't think it's a crazy idea at all. It may have challenges along the way but you're...
I agree, by the looks of it you have some lovely plants there :smile:. As previously stated, the usual advice is to give things a year and see...
If you pruned in the Autumn, that would explain the lack of flowers. The best thing is to prune just after flowering.Personally, l would leave...
There are several things it could be, is the soil particularly waterlogged in that area ?It's certainly a fair size, does it usually flower well ?
Good morning everyone,Just popping in to say I hope you're all well, and to add how much I'm enjoying reading about the adventures of...
I think I'm right in saying that if it's a macrophylla type it's either a mophead or lacecap?Mopheads I know a bit about but I think lacecaps...
I can never believe that I actually brought it with me from my last garden (I hadn't planted it there). I thought it would make a nice, well...
Snowberry :wallbanging:
What type of regime do you carry out, eg pruning, feeding, watering etc ?
I would be inclined to blame it on the tree taking moisture from the soil. The weather has been so crazy this last couple of years that I'm...
Another ex subscriber to the magazine, it was bought as a Christmas present to my late Mum back in the 1990s and I took it over years later. As...
Thanks @pete . It seems to be spreading at a heck of a rate. Due to life getting in the way, (and even if I had the inclination to try and fight...
Thanks @pete. They did get a bit of rust last year but much later in the season. It seemed to strike very quickly this year.
That's my question :smile:. After putting on a fantastic show for several weeks, the plants are rapidly succumbing to rust. I have cut off some...
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