Uugghh!!! That looks awful, and haven't noticed it on my Yucca or Agarves. If it survives a chop-down it sounds like a virus, so fungicides...
Well I've just blown my first tranche of winter fuel allowance on a week in Spain, though the Head Gardener reckons she'd already spent it on...
The magnolia in the front garden is just bustin to flower. Four years out of five that presages icy gales and brown flowers, but on the fifth...
'Er Indoors has just said that several clematis are good in pots. Niobe is her favourite.
'Er Indoors is the Head Gardener here, and she is a bit of a Clematis fan. (Is that possible?) After several years of pot culture of some, she is...
We have several of these in our garden. We call them the Irish hanging baskets :D :D Nik
Dave Do include in your plans somewhere warm to overwinter your less hardy plants. They will creep into your garden, honest. A minimum of 3 or 4...
Dave Your question is a very complicated one. Every opinion on "Meddy" seams to be different from every other. All the usual gardening mags have...
"tree tunnels" ? I can only see the one :D
I use a small window mounted kitchen extractor fan on a timer to ventilate my 6 foot square greenhouse. Having another one to blow air in as well...
An update on the electricity consumption: Up to this morning 28th Feb, apart from four days in early December when the data was lost due to a...
PeteGorgeous leaves. Is getting rid of all the fruit a problem? :DNik
Took this on Saturday at Anglesey Abbey Snowdrop walk[img]Nik
It was a bitterly cold day on Saturday 25th Feb with an icy wind, but the sun and blue sky were to die for. Here are a few snaps. Click on the...
It's horses for courses. I was inspired to "garden" at all by visits to the the med. I really didn't want Roses, Dahlias etc nice as they are. A...
petalThat's not bad for 79p is it. The real coup would be to get them to flower again next year, something I've never managed. But then, I...
Rich I've just noticed your location. There are some very big gunneras by the side of the road into Brighton from the north. ;)Nik
Gosh, I'm with Pete again. Rich, could you put a pipe between the pond and the lined Gunnera pit, 1.5" waste pipe would do it.Nik [ 19....
Big Daddy Would you be allowed a bean net? And then grow hops up it. It will need a lot of support, but a thick string from high up on the house...
I always thought that lichen growth as good as that was a sign of excellent air quality. You see it in the woods in wildest Scotland. I'm with...
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