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Magnolia Susan - Growing Conditions

My 2 year old Magnolia Susan is growing OK but some of the leaves are growing shriveled up and the buds grow nicely but before the proper flower develops the petals turn brown and the flower dies, it...

lberarducci

House Plants

Why is my dog all of a sudden gobbling my house plants? These plants have been around as long as my dog has and he has never bothered them before. Last night at bedtime he wouldn't leave them alone.

sg

Grubs

What are the big white grubs with orange heads that I have been digging up a lot of recently? thanks sg

Segilla

Annuals which bees will like

I usually grow doubles, e.g, French Marigolds which bees get no nectar or pollen from. Any suggestions please, for readily obtainable annual PLANTS which they will visit?

josaphine32

Moth

When my mum went on Holiday i was in charge of watering the Plants, One afternoon about 5.30ish out of her bedding plants came out the biggest moth you ever did see. it was abit smaller than a tennis...

sammy111

shrub dipladenia sanderi

hi i live in kent on the coast,i have got a (shrub dipladenia sanderi) that i want to put in my garden,what kind of mix is best for me to put around the root's when planting also will it be ok through...

Thunderbird+

"you cant make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"

I know what it means but where puses ever made out of sows ears ? Cheers

soozie2003

Green tomatoes

My tomatoes are still on the plant and still green, what should I do?

marton

brass polish

Help.Does anyone know how to remove unsightly dried polish which builds up in crevasses in polished brassware?

morbidstorm

lankeela ...

Hi Lankeela - I have been reading some of your answers on here and you seem incredibly clued up on all things animal related! I just wondered, are you a vet? If so, could you give me some advice on...

Sunnymede

rabbit problem

I live on the edge of a village in a house on about one-third of an acre. I have a problem with wild rabbits digging up my lawn. They do not bother my plants a great deal, but they are making a mess...

masp

animal sounds

what sound does a pelican make?

bilbojojo

sloe gin

how do you make sloe gin

the sniper

how high can a fly fly?

Well? how high can one fly?

the_bebe_

dinosaurs

do dinosaurs still exist?

bustergutt

worms in house plants?

A few months ago I re-planted a couple of lemon pips in soil that I bought from a garden shop, I done it for my grandchildren. Today I noticed the soil is full of little clear worms, they are about...

auzzie

Fungus on hedgerow, is it dying?

We have a a long hedge that borders next doors property. It belongs to us. I have just noticed that it has a type of fungus (algae?) at the base of part of the hedge. It almost looks flourescent and...