Amidst all the trumpery, polishing of DT's ego and singing "Hail to the Chief" multiple times by most of the worlds leading idiots. A couple of...
The film on the sand garden was interesting, well at least he was and no flipping music. In Leeds there is a place called York Gate Gardens and...
Michaelmas daisies were part of my childhood, then when I started growing my own garden the nurseries called them Asters.
@CarolineL I agree with you about the horrible names, the remaining Asters are Eurasian species. As to where they get the horrible names from I...
I've just discovered that, supposedly, the Bible covers quantum entanglement: 1 John 4:17 (Quantum Entanglement): “Herein is our love made...
Back to hitting recalcitrant bits of metal with a blunt hammer and trying not to fall off the step ladder.
Round here it's Sunday Lunch at the GC. Means that although the car park can be pretty full the actual plant sales area is empty between 1230 and...
Somehow I doubt it as as CarolineL said those timers are mechanical in operation just an on off switch operated by clockwork.
Brightened up a bit this afternoon so off to the greenhouse, watered as required, noted that Amorphophallus leaves are going yellow and the...
@Plantminded Don't you just love copy and paste.@CarolineL They have really taken a wrecking ball to Asters see here to see what asters really...
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae Andenken am Alma Potschke [ATTACH]
@pete I've noticed this with LED houselights myself and always thought it was caused by the circuitry of the power supply discharging after the...
Spoilt. There will also be half a dozen pumpkins on the doorstep come next weekend.
Not the foggiest at the moment as Plan A has been scuppered by the start of light rain. Plan B could be possible.
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@CarolineL When the shoots emerge in springtime they are more coppery and as spring progresses it becomes more purpley. Because a number of shrubs...
Larger pot with John Innes 3 compost. Probably better to prune in summer rather than winter. See RHS info on pruning columnar apples. Or this:...
Completely forgot this; Stachyurus praecox "Devon Purple Leaf" the Plant Review had an article recently on it's origins which boiled down to it...
Viburnum farreii early this year. [ATTACH]Crocus nudiflorus [ATTACH]Crocus speciosus [ATTACH]Berberis sheridiana Ogisu 93033 [ATTACH]...
The squirrels that visit me leave the bulbs in the ground alone, fruit is not safe from them or the badgers. They do sometimes raid the small pots...
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