They don’t bother anything else’s in my experience. They disappear quite promptly after flowering and are a lovely ground cover whilst in leaf fir...
I think grass or wildflower meadow will look like that, initially, when first cut as your exposing the lower stems which have been shaded from any...
That’s interesting @fairygirl, I’ll have a look and see which ones my alleged perennials were. I’ve fallen in love with the Gloriosa Daisy ones,...
Where abouts are you @GardenDisaster as that might help with suggestions? Here, my Cosmos and Nasturtiums are only just getting going and...
I love Rudbeckia but find they only seem to last a couple of years here. Never understood why
A height of 10-15cm is very low, any reason why so short?Most things that short are some of the ground cover plants so they may trail out of...
Apparently you can pickle/brine unripened nasturtium seeds and use them like capers. I haven’t tried. I read about it a couple of years ago and...
Cherry laurel was once very popular as the base for an alcoholic liqueur type drink which was then drunk watered down. I believe in Britain it was...
Given how easily these edible native weeds grow, the fact they aren’t staple crops must tell us something? Just because something is edible...
As said, rinsing just means you can clearly see what you are doing. It also tends to make any untangling easier.I’ve never used weed killers so...
If you got a plant where the roots are all entangled with weeds and can easily dig it out do so and then wash off all the soil. You should then...
California poppies would happily self seed around in sunny spots as well, quite a few varieties to choose from very bright orange and yellows to...
@Goldenlily26 Emily McKenzie is quite well behaved in my experience. Lovely orange/deep red flowers and very attractive buds
I take that approach with a lot of weeds too @Stephen Southwest. We did the blitz on the greenhouse site as it was completely overrun with...
Yes of course, I always take into consideration a posters location when reading replies. I guess I assume we all do. There are so many variables...
If it’s an unplanted area then it is possible to get rid of bindweed. We successfully dug out bindweed with only the odd reoccurrence from the...
Definitely plenty of tome left to crop. On mine, I usually expect to get fruit from most if not all August flowers.
We had a big thunderstorm in the early hours and what sounded like torrential rain but only 2mm in my rain gauge :noidea:
Could you put a trellis topper on for extra visual distraction in winter, keeping the hedges in situ? If you remove them you’ll just see the...
I would keep the pond replace the liner and top it with a metal grate. Set just below the water surface it wouldn’t be too visible and...
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