It is vigorous but I haven't found that it spreads like bamboo. It also responds well to hard pruning. When mine gets messy and woody at the...
I've been watching GW since 1973, I think it was Percy Thrower then. Then we moved to France in 1985 so I couldn't watch it until we got satellite...
I'm in Dordogne, France, at the moment, my home. OH lives in Norfolk so I have a garden there too.Plant sales are quite seasonal here. I went to...
Good morning all.The garden was lit up by the moon when I went to the loo in the night. The full moon is tonight. I don't sleep very well the...
I enjoyed the Garden Club meeting. OH came too and now he is a paid up member. He met a man there who he became friendly with when he was in the...
Good morning all.Thank you @Ladybird4. I missed the GC New Year meeting but I don't think they met in February.Good heavens, a year already! I...
Doesn't kill them permanently, just the top growth.
@Allotment Boy my tulips in SW France are only about 2 inches tall, but they are late flowering ones. I have some botanical tulips which aren't...
It looks lovely and full of character. The greenhouse looks really nice. I miss mine since I moved. I like your idea of linking the areas with paths.
Good morning all.Cloudy, rain forecast for later.Have you opened one, @Ladybird4 ? Maybe they are ripe inside. That does seem a long time for...
Hello all. Don't think I came here this morning.This morning we went to the big plant nursery. They had just put out all their perennials, loads...
I weeded and mulched another bed today and sowed broad beans into pots. They get eaten by something when I sow them directly in the earth.
I spent nearly 2 hours weeding this afternoon. Still lots to do. At least it was mild and sunny, didn't need a coat and the washing dried.
They are really at their best before June, then you can replace them with summer bedding. It also depends a bit on the weather. When it's hot they...
Morning all.I have to go to the DIY shop for a small paint roller as the one I have isn't very good, having been used and washed before. Then...
Don't cut them back now @GreenFingeredPete , do it much later when they have nearly finished flowering. Let them grow and they will turn into...
Looks like ground elder to me. It's an absolute pain in the neck. Every bit of root left in the soil will regrow. Glyphosate works but takes 2 or...
I painted the cupboard built into the wall in the breakfast room. Needs another coat, maybe two. The pale sage green is paler than I expected.It...
Oh, I was expecting a photo of you @Ergates! Have a lovely day.
I painted the dining room and breakfast room in Norfolk soft yellow @Obelix-Vendée as they are north and east facing. The breakfast room was dark...
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