@strongylodon - amazing that you can see 3 species of lizard (slow-worms aside) near you! I always get a kick out of seeing common lizards which...
No expert, but they look identical to the cherry saplings I have popping up around my garden, sometimes 20m or more from the nearest cherry tree....
@strongylodon - wow, superb! Sand lizards and smooth snakes are extremely rare in this country (the latter as they depend mostly on lizards for...
Would love to see some rain this week, but not holding my breath. Remember when mother nature used to water our gardens for us for free? Those...
That's more or less what I'll do Black Dog, as I wouldn't intend to replace the tree in that position. I did a similar thing with a spruce I had...
Thanks Black Dog. Fruit & veg climbers are appealing but I think most of the tree would be out of reach even with a stepladder. I do like your...
I find them in my potting shed and I just let them be. They can give you a unpleasant nip by all accounts but they're harmless enough
Ha! My wife would have a seizure! Especially as it would be visible from the road!
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Thanks Noisette. Early flowering and late flowering.. maybe I'll go for both?
Thanks a lot Nigel, great food for thought. I'll have a think about clematis, sounds like more than 1 might be the way to go.
Thanks Nigel. When you say rambling roses are less self-supporting, would you envisage that they would always need some kind of supporting...
Edited.. it's a birch tree. I don't know why I said beech tree!
I have a birch tree in my garden which is in its senescent phase; the tree surgeons who came in autumn reckoned it probably has less than 5 years...
Have you thought about a climbing hydrangea?
A nice feeling to be able to give the greenhouse a good airing today, threw open all the windows, vents and door for a few hours - first time for...
I'm afraid I disagree @CanadianLori. I, like you, come here to share and read about gardening, and I have no interest in discussing my mental...
Not much doing in the garden yesterday with the weather as it is, apart from shaking snow off a large Fatsia japonica. So I sowed some seeds...
I'm sure you can find a hardy one that will love your London balcony if it gets sunlight. Once they have decent light they're pretty robust. I...
She's brilliant and her enthusiasm is infectious. I loved her short series Life In A Cottage Garden. But Adam Frost would still get my vote (and I...
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