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Holly plants

I have two holly plants in pots in the garden. They are both approx 10 inches with lots of leaves I have just noticed that whilst one is very dark green the other seems to have changed to a very dark...

foxyferret

magnolia

We have a lovely pink magnolia in the garden, just the common everyday magnolia. It has been there for years and always is beautiful in spring. I noticed today that next to the fat main trunk, another...

Ratty2E

When can I move rhubarb

I have a couple of rhubarb plants that have been where they are for about 7 years. I would now prefer them to be somewherer else, can I move them now or wait till spring.

Matheous-2

Spring Plants/Bulbs

Anyone know of any Springtime plants/bulbs/tubers that prefer ericaceous compost please? I have two bags of the stuff I'd rather use up before Winter comes.....

cupid04

buddleia.

We have this buddleia bush in our front garden. It is roughly 6 years old. This year for some reason it only had two flowers. The leaves have giant holes in, obviously been attacked by some bug but I...

LoftyLottie

DEATH TO MOLES

Not really. I would never harm them under any circumstances. I just wanted a question title that would catch attention. Anyway, they are driving me mad at the moment. We have always had them to some...

peterbaz

bulbs

hello all i'm new to gardening ive been given some plastic pots which id like to use to brighten my patio up this spring i'd like to put some bulbs down i know daffs are easy to grow i have some in...

nabob

Soil Treatment

Had a large conifer tree chopped down and now want to replant around the stump. The soil is very dry and has many small roots. I have some topsoil that I can mix in,but do I need to treat the area...

Dee Sa

tomatoes

I have moneymakers and shirleys in the garden they are a decent size but all still green, should I leave them or pick them and put them in a box in the shed to ripen, only got a small garden so no...

cecil39

chillies from seed

I saved some seed from a chlli i had last year and grew them in pots, but they don't look like last years, so what I need to know is do they usually come like the mother plant? or could it be the...

LyndaB

Help urgently needed

We have been infested with a tiny bug over the weekend. It is about half an inch long, is striped and looks a bit like a tiny centipede. There are absolutely thousands of them, and they are crawling...

sandyRoe

A shrub or bush for really dry soil conditions...

To be planted fairly close to a tree that seems to be drawing all the moisture from the soil. Any suggestions?

john1066

Avocados

Hi, it's me again.....A few months ago I planted an avocado stone. I now have a shoot about three inches tall growing from the centre of it. Will I eventually a tree or a bush?

callboy

squash seeds

I would like to have a go at growing squash with the seeds tken from one bought in the supermarket.Any ideas how to keep the seeds

queenofmean

Advice

I have a white hybrid tea rose and this evening I noticed it looked a little more like a dalmation than a rose as on the flower there were loads of these little black tiny spidery looking things? Are...

cecil39

rooting chrysanthemums

I put some sideshoots from some bought chrysanths in a small jar just in tap water, not only did they live,but look fresh weeks after the main bunch had dyed off, when I took them out today to change...

sandyRoe

Frogs in the garden...

I've let the grass in my garden grow very long. When I went to cut it back a bit this morning I saw that there were a few frogs living in it. Should I leave it alone and let the frogs sit undisturbed?...

Ric.ror

Hydrangea

I am sure I read somewhere that they should be pruned no later than 31 August but mine still has buds on Can I leave it until the end of this month?...

megfitz

Tamarisk pruning

I have a Tamarisk tree about 8ft. tall ,now bent over under the weight of a Tangutica clematis, it was leaning a bit before so we put in a stake and hauled it up, however it seems determined to lean...