Some red ones coming BM :D I don't know the name of this rose, but I call it "First & Last" 'cos it starts to flower in May and goes on to...
If a neighbour sloshed industrial strength bleach around that stripped the paint from your car or the dye from your clothes - you could probably...
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Hi FrancesB [img] If you look at the roses I am posting under the "Roses coming out" topic you will see some more that I have had for many...
Kathrym Morley is a favourite and was named after the tragic daughter of Eric Morley (the Miss World promoter) [img]John Clare, named after...
The lawn is probably suffering because it wasn't mown regularly during its year of neglect. :( So - light, water and regular (but not...
Recent rains have saved the roses and they have perked up nicely. Here we go:Scepter'd Isle [img]Winchester Cathedral [img]Queen of...
Brilliant photos!
Thanks guys. A farmer on Springwatch said that bumble bees pollinate 80% of our food crops and that they are in serious decline! Help!
Yes indeed! The nettle family is a large one and very important medically. This is a beauty - Hedge Woundwort (Stachys sylvatica) The hairy...
Hardy geraniums are great bee plants [img][img]
I have a pink rambler that grows through the old apple trees and mimics apple blossom. It will blossom next week so I'll take some photos then....
Picking up on an earlier topic about red and white flowers and the Wars of the Roses [img]The Gallica Roses are the oldest of all garden...
[img] This is an excellent on-line guide to organic gardening month by month: http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/todo_now/ornamental_now.phpSee...
You can see a photo here on this fact sheet. Ladybirds and lacewings are the champion greenfly eaters...
Lucky you! Methinks it's the hummingbird hawkmoth (Macroglossum stellatarum). A summer vistor to Britain and day flying. Could you hear its...
If you want flowering ground cover - try the Poached Egg Plant (Limanthes douglasii). Its from NW America and does well as path edging or on a...
As requested by Jay :D Woody Nightshade also known as Bittersweet. Truly exotic! [img]Its botanical name is Solanum dulcamara and its red...
Many of our wild flowers are worth a place in the garden. Trouble is that the plant breeders can't leave them alone and we get gaudy puffed up...
It is a liverwort.
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