Hi it's a Embothrium coccineum (chilean fire bush) hardy in milder parts of the country and likes acid soil and prefers shady woodland conditions....
Yes bulbs will right themselves if planted upside down but they will be a bit later cos all their energy has been put into finding the surface of...
Hi thanks johnbinks, I aim to please! Just love tropical gardening makes you feel permanently on holiday. I wont even let my son bounce his ball...
Has the white stuff got a brown scale looking thing on it? if so it's scale insect. I've 3 maples and they got them this year. To get rid use...
They are perennials, they should come back next year unless we have a real bad winter. ;)
Lovely pic Rosa, just stopped raining here just in time to take my son to school! have a nice day everyone see you later.
Thats why I use JI no3 for permanent pot planting cos its heavy loam based, then I just feed during the summer and sometimes take the top inch off...
By the way I'm 5ft 6" but had 3" heals on in this pic was ready to go out. [img]
This is one of my bajoos last summer, it is now bigger, when its in full bloom in a few months I'l post another pic. [img]
Bananas do need a lot of water, but you don't have to add compost to your garden all the time, try top soil, then food wise for soil aswell as the...
Good morning everyone, overcast here had a little rain, but stopped again now. Going for usual swim in a minute before I go to work. [img]
Musa Basjoo is the hardy one, around �£12 from garden centres. Roots very hardy but if you don't cover the stem with fleece in winter it will...
I think it's best to wait till the end of the summer now before she divides them, then when she gives you your bit, plant straight away and just...
Yep flower then sometimes black seeds depending wether male or female. Start off looking like big yellow haddocks! [img]
I have a hibiscus (blue bird) had it for about 10 yrs now, gorgious blue flowers every year without fail, its about 6ft and a lovely shape. [img]
I'd just leave them where they are cos when you get the main plant to flower, the main plant will die then you will have big babies to grow on and...
Just use general fertiliser while doing the whole garden about once a week. [img]
Usually if you take cuttings it should be the same as the parent plant. It's only when you use the seeds the new plants will not be the same...
I have an aucuba its in sun first thing in morning but shade the rest of the day, leaves are yellow and green anyway they are called spotted...
Hi Cajary, We went on a boat trip to Ras Mohamid national park to snorkell, that was good, go out in the desert on quads 'brilliant' went to Ciaro...
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