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Hi all, Going to get stuck into clearing this overgrown border today, a few of the other plants have already been identified, so they are staying, but are these weeds? Thanks.

A professional veg grower gave me a tip with growing cucumber as you are absolutely correct John until established it is really easy for young Cucumbers to rot off if too wet. He told me to get a handful of straw or similar and put that in the planting hole then plant the young cucumber on top...

I've never succeeded with Clematis cuttings in any way whatsoever I find layering to be the best method

Hello @Butterfly6Thanks for the Reply and the Information, it is appreciated.Since I do not handle uncertainty well, I have decided to Replace the Clematis Montana.I have just been in the Garden and have managed to Remove the Clematis Montana, there were some Minor Roots that had grown...

Looks good to me too, can imagine your apprehension is from the way the branches have grown? Don't forget the large specimens you see are over a century old they are such long lived trees they take their time to grow. Being Greek I really dislike seeing them used for decorative purposes...so...

@Victoria I have a red one of these. Photo from yesterday out on the lawn. It lives in the utility room next to an east facing window and gets sunlight for a few hours in spring and summer only. It looks like this all year.In the winter I worry when the temp drops to 12C, so I move it into the...

I have one in my garden which definitely attracts hover flies.

I haven't checked my dahlias yet, all left outside for the winter, some in the ground, some in large pots. (Another job to go on my "to do" list) I was not expecting a huge success rate this year. Having said that, I cleared the tops of a couple of pots containing scented leaved geraniums,...

It sounds as if there might be a problem with the root system. I would leave it alone or dig it up and check the root ball. Your choice! If your plan was to have two trees the same it would probably be better to lift it and check to see if vine weevil or something similar has attacked the roots...

I think you mean placing the pots into planters, but I may have got that wrong. If it's just because you want them all together in a certain area, that's fine. You can certainly plant them back into the planters, but you'll just have to wait and see how they do. Many of them want to become quite...

They'd be keepers for me. Easy enough to remove if they'r ein a place you don't want them. They'll probably just have arrived from a garden or verge nearby, although some people do sow seed and plant them.