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Gardening
I have just had a garden quote delivered. It includes some gravelling. Would flagging be cheaper - I prefer flags as more easy to keep neat in autumn (son gave the wrong instructions) Also - the quote...
I have a shrub in the garden which I have always called a mock orange blossom. Talking to someone today they told me that a mock orange blossom is a Philidelphus, which I also have. The shrub I am...
I have small mignon dahlias growing from seed on my window cill. The have been pricked out and potted on, and are now about 3 inches tall. Do I pinch them out now to make them more bushy or do I do it...
I planted some chilli seeds in small compost pots and put them in a propagator. The seeds have germinated but there are also two small growths - they look like translucent umbrellas Am I right in...
My son has an Azalea in a pot,with no idea whether it's an indoor or outdoor one. If it's a houseplant can he put it outside ? Any helpful tips would be most welcome.
I have just come across a bag of Charlotte seed potatoes in a dark cupboard under the stairs which I bought several weeks ago. I meant to chit them before planting but now being in the dark for so...
I have three Mimosa Acacia plants for 2 years now and they are quite tall now but have never had any flowers, why is this and what can I do to make them flower?
Thanks in advance....
I recently received a bouquet of white roses
The blooms were very round and very very full
Can anyone recommend a rose bush that would produce a similar bloom
Many many thanks...
If I take a sprig of lavender and carefully bend it over so the flowering part is in the ground - will it germinate?
Hope that makes sense...
My bunch of roses are just 'going over' some of them have a shoot at the base of a leaf, can I grow these and if so how?
I have two rhododendrons in my garden. Both are in bud and one is fine, but the other us looking very sad! It's leaves are drooping downward and going very pale green, some of the leaves have holes in...
I have been advised to give my bay trees a fortnightly liquid feed after repotting them, to help them grow. They have never been fed, and look very tired. Could anyone tell me what sort of liquid feed...
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Had my camellia for several years, looks very healthy, lots of shiny leaves and growing well, BUT no flowers. I've fed it, watered it plenty, talked to it nicely but nothing! Any one any ideas please?...
Does anybody know where we can get a shed that's approx 15' long x 4-5' wide with a door (and possibly a window) on the long wall.
I am well into my 70'S and finding mowing very hard these days. My present lawn is years old and very fast growing. What I want to ask is what time of the year would it be best to lay down a new turf...
I have one dicentra spectabilis (bleeding heart) in my garden which I planted last year, it seems to be growing well and I'm hoping it will self-seed and form a drift in the flower bed. Anyone had any...
Getting set for the planting of my tomatoes and cucumbers. I am going to use growbags and can anyone recommend the best ones. I am thinking I need ones which have peat in them but many just say peat...
Are bulbs worth keeping if they haven 't flowered?
Have any AB'ers ever recycled Pallet Collar's and used them as raised beds before? http://
