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Gardening
My laurel bushes have been in my garden for past 18yrs. always kept lovely dark green leaves. Up to a month or so ago. When we had that last really hardy frost, after a warmish spell. March 2013. Hope...
I have a dwarf rose (and no gardening skills) a few years ago I just plonked in the garden in a shady area and forgot about it. It is now tall and lanky. It seems a shame just to dig it up and skip...
Our old fence is falling down out in the garden but we cannot replace it because we cant get to the other side to work on it. There is a school field at the back of us and they have put thick bushes...
Going to get a greenhouse soon! Apart from expecting to get an excellent crop of tomatoes, what else is good to grow in it over summer? Any advice on flowers that I could grow in it to cut for the...
Can anyone recommend one for about £200-00? I've had a big birthday this week & I've been given loads of gardening vouchers. It's got be able to cope with an allotment that's over 400sq mts....
I have had to take down my two bird feeders as the garden has been having visitors of the rat kind. They scrouge underneath the feeders.How can I still feed the birds but avoid feeding the rats?
Good morning ! Can anyone please give me advice on what to plant in my small border that will not be affected by my 2 cats? I tried Broom - but it died, I had 2 hydrangeas - they died, roses seem...
I'm useless with gardening! I would like to buy a fast growing plant that will grow up trellis. I'd ideally like one that stays green and bushy year round, as its to block view into garden, but also...
I normally plant my seed potatoes at the end of March or beginning of April but with the low temperatures of late I haven't started yet. Has anyone else planted anything in the vegetable garden yet?...
We have an old lilac tree which is putting out some strange new branches. They are VERY straight. Perhaps I think they're strange because the rest of the tree is so "gnarly". Is this normal or are...
I have loads of containers which I use to grow annuals. The first year they grew beautifully but last year they barely grew at all despite me feeding them regularly. I hadn't changed the compost from...
I've had my monstera for over 20 years - although the current version is a cutting of the original, which I probably made about 15 years ago. The problem is that every year it grows one leaf and loses...
We have 2 mole hills on our back lawn. I`ve noticed that the ground seems softer in parts near the hills. Help please TIA
Can anyone suggest a way of knowing where to plant new crocus bulbs in a roadside grass verge that already has a great many growing in it. When the planting season comes round in autumn the existing...
Do flower plants, trees etc. come in male and female 'genders'?
If so, do the male species of these vegetation not bear fruits and flowers?...
Having taken on board your suggestions in an earlier post, do I need to feed my new bushes(they are quite a good size and very healthy) but I always enter 5 different herbs in our local flower show in...
Our neighbours have just chopped down 2 pear trees, a plum and 4 apple trees - all beautiful mature specimens that bore fruit well. As well as removing our screening at the back it leaves us with a...
Have just bought new Rosemary and Thyme bushes. Would they be better in a South facing garden or a North facing garden. My others have always been in the North facing one,but I just wondered which...
I bought the above narcissus for my wifes birthday and they have performed well with lots of blooms. They are in a pot and the bulbs are well above the surface and very crowded. I thought that...
What do new buds look like on gooseberry bushes? only bought ours last year so don't know what to look for, at present there is a lot of brown bud things, are these the beginning ? Sorry to appear so...
