I've got a little Daphne Perfume Princess in a pot on the patio, flowering since just before Christmas and only just starting to go over now. The...
I find it hard to get out of B&Q without buying a sarcococca. I'm usually looking at something else when the scent hits me from a couple of aisles...
One of the few advantages of a steeply sloping garden is having somewhere to plant the hellebores where you can see their faces from below! [ATTACH]
This is really a 2024 purchase, but I've been waiting for the flower buds to open before posting. It's another B&Q Hellebore, this one is called...
Honeyberry bushes usually turn up for sale in the supermarkets, alongside the blueberry bushes etc. I bought a bargain one for 30p a couple of...
It was dry all day today so I managed to half-fill the green bin for collection tomorrow. I cut back a lot of the dead growth from the perennials...
My mum has grown honeyberries but wasn't impressed with the taste. I have 3 blueberry bushes in pots - they're pretty small still, but I got my...
Yes, I've had bullfinches on the verbena bonariensis seeds. I've just been out cutting down a lot of the old perennial growth, but left a few...
A nice big lavatera?Lavatera maritima
In my garden the arums are growing on a steep slope under trees, alongside ivy and tutsan. They look good there. I've spotted one in my raised bed...
Mullein leaves are furry, that's like the luxury stuff.
Lidl vegetable seeds have arrived here in Somerset. Seems like a good selection too.
Wow, my council's not in a good state either. Hope we don't get similar problems because the tip is not an option for me, as a non driver. Luckily...
Very interesting. I have the commoner arum (Lords and Ladies, Cuckoo Pint, Jack in the Pulpit). I just did a bit of googling and found this:Arum...
I'm really glad I pushed on and finished planting out the snowdrops when it started raining yesterday, because it looks like it hasn't stopped...
Got home from work yesterday with an hour left of daylight and made a start on planting out the snowdrops that arrived in the week. Did another...
Tesco has apple and pear trees, 2 for £12. I saw Discovery, Cox's Orange, Jonagold and Golden Delicious. There may have been others. The only pear...
I haven't listened to that episode yet, but there are tons of other interesting ones too. I enjoyed the ones about the boiling water taps and...
I went into Morrisons last night and was marvelling at the very shrivelled looking Camellia shrubs, still being offered full price. But next to...
Yeah, it annoys me when people go on about fat/greedy pigeons. They are big birds, they are eating what they need. People often post photos on...
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