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I agree with the above … if it’s bad use a het of water from the hose… nog do had squish the worst with fingers and l ave the rest for the bluetits, lacewings and hoverflies … plus the ladybird larvae of course. I’ve not used insecticides for years and years … we rarely see more than a few...

I had a manager once who was (in)famous for using buzzwords and phrases. After one of his inspirational speeches to us I responded with something along the lines of "Shouldn't we consider picking the low hanging fruit before getting caught up in blue sky thinking? We also need to be careful...

By the same token, why is a coward or person who is afraid to do a particular thing, referred to as a chicken? Chickens are mental. They're rock hard and they know it. They're descended from T Rex no less.

Just to update this thread, and I will also update it in a few months when the rhodedendron has properly settled in.I dug it completely out of the ground and made the hole I'd taken it from a lot lot bigger. Then I put a load of ericaceous compost in the hole. I put the rhodedendron on top and...

Avast does not like that link @wiseowlLooking at other sites they quote Wiki as it being a pest and say the grubs eat plant roots...

Thanks Bob and fairygirl, it's a viticella Prince George and according to thorncroft groes the same size as etoile violette , any way I have taken your advice and given it the chop.

I had read that if you cut the top off after the flowers finished, they can reshoot. Nobody seems to had told it, that it was being a bit precocious.