I've always advocated watercress as a cheap, and very useful addition to a pond, until planting establishes well. I used an additive the first...
It's always the way isn't it @Butterfly6 ! I had the same problem with tomatoes, and they aren't reliable enough outside here, so I'm having to...
I've posted on your initial thread @Rhapsode *. The blobs look unusual to me, but I don't often interfere with any insects etc on shrubby plants,...
I'm inclined to agree with you @Stephen Southwest . Pruning at the wrong time can cause problems. Without foliage, it's also harder for it to...
Mine did have spacers, but when I put them in [only room for one ] it made very little difference to the height @Escarpment. I think it was a very...
I don't grow roses, although they do well in this part of the world, but could you try a rose on an obelisk, or something similar? You'd need to...
Looks good @CostasK . I'm sure it'll do well for you. Once established some of them do well - and that one is certainly a bit more adaptable than...
I have a cheap, bog standard mower I got in Argos or somewhere similar, after the one I had fell apart. It owed me nothing as it had been my Dad's...
I don't particularly like having foxes in the garden as they dig, but I'd rather have them than some of the feral weans round here @Robert...
Choisya is a good shout. There are several different types, and the gold one might get too bleached in the site you have, but the bog standard...
Mine was certainly healthy - they grow like weeds here due to our climate. It wasn't going to reappear though- after being cut hard right back to...
If it's always quite shady- I have Ilex in that sort of aspect. The varigation on many of them is good. They don't need a lot of sun or light to...
Could be worse - Lulu springs to mind....5 minutes in America and she had the fake American accent. :mute: That ghastly Sheener Easton [as she...
I thnk you could take all the long, straggly stems off - back to the main part of the shrub. Always cut to just above a joint if you can. Those...
That's why many grasses just don't work well here @Plantminded . They just get knackered in early to mid autumn, so you have to take the flowering...
Supposedly, but many people seem to find them getting just as big as the usual types. Not used them myself though.
The wild one [which is what you'll be seeing] will seed into almost anywhere, but it isn't the same as the cultivated types. I've had a B....
I have a white Weigela [forgot about that!] but they tend to have quite a lax habit. However, I've pruned mine over the last few years, and it's...
Another good shrub would be one of the brooms - Cytisus. Mainly yellow flowering, but there are several. I used to have the white one [ in 2...
I think you're right @JennyJB . A really hefty drink, and mulch with something decent - rotted manure, leaf mould, good compost etc, then keep an...
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