The needles that have browned won't go green again so it's a case of waiting for new growth. I can see the new growth starting on the other one...
It looks as if the ends of the leaves have all been chopped off, and the shorter trunk looks as if the whole top has been chopped or broken off....
It reminds me of the shoots of crown imperial fritillaries, but I think it's too late to be those (they'd be just about flowering by now) and in...
At least that stuff has survived to make it into antique shops/boot sales and not gone into landfill. Fashions come around again (eventually) - I...
I always grow my tomatoes outside in pots, standing by the side of the garage against the south-facing wall. The tomatoes get tied in to long...
Pleasant out at the moment but it's due to get hot again later. Temperatures set to improve from tomorrow but still no rain in the forecast.
It definitely looks more like S. vanhouttei than S. arguta.Another possibility is the white version of S. japonica (S. j. "albiflora") but I'm...
Some winters my penstemons don't seem to stop growing so it's a judgement call when and where to cut back. I often take a few long ungainly...
OK! I'll stick with my 3rd paragraph above for small shrubs.If you wanted some ground cover that would spread to fill the space rather than...
In a perverse sort of way I'm glad it's not just me that doesn't get along with hot weather.
Seed and cutting compost contains less fertiliser than multipurpose compost, so you'd need to feed your plants sooner, or add some slow-release...
When you say "small-ish" do you mean something bedding-plant sized but permanent, just along the ground, or something that will mask the wooden...
I would just leave those to get on with it. They're still young plants. Even the "old" stems don't look particularly old/woody/knarly and I think...
I will take a chance that there's not going to be any rain today and post my rainfall total for April - a measely 9.5mm (long-term average here...
Lawn and hedge cutting are like housework - I do it because I like the results, not because I enjoy the process. I prefer growing seeds, cuttings...
Hot again. Back to something a bit more normal temperature-wise on Friday, but still no rain coming. Where are the April showers?
Good spot! Anything that's been sprayed on that ivy could easily have drifted onto the skimmia.
Last year I grew Marketmore and Konsa, both outside in pots, tied in to plastic clematis netting on the fence. Both cropped well, except one...
Creative use of stick willy! I pulled up a bucketful of that yesterday but mine just went in the compost bin.It needs some ears and a higher...
Cover them to keep the humidity in. Flopping/wilting happens when they're transpiring more moisture than the roots are taking up, so reducing...
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