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Your garden is really beautiful, Lovely colour combinations!

OR, shoot an estate agent today, make someone happy.......remember that one??

The horticulture and agriculture sector are more political than ever before. Growers based in England are being pushed down the peat free route, one of the issues with the peat free and peat reduced growing media that growers have concerns with, water retention. Plants will be more prone to...

If you used a weed and feed product like 4 in 1, you need to wait about eight weeks before reseeding as the weed and feed will inhibit seed germination. Then rake out the dead moss, add a thin layer of topsoil, reseed, cover lightly with topsoil, water and keep watered if it does not rain. Grass...

My OH was fed up with his corded mower and he was waiting for his hip replacement when he bought his mower. A push one was out of the question with his hip problem so he bought a battery Mountfield mower. He loves it. It is light and really easy to use. He still loves it, he had his hip replaced...

Use a spring tine rake to remove the dead moss from the brown patches. Wait another six weeks as the herbicide in the 4 in 1 will still be active, then add a thin layer of topsoil (bought from a GC), spread grass seed on top then add another thin layer of topsoil on top to deter birds. Water...

The advantage of keeping it in a pot is that you can protect it from rain and so from peach-leaf curl

Many thanks Pete8, really appreciate your reply! Fully suspect it's dead in the entire top half and we'll end up chopping it off above the new shoots in the winter and seeing how it responds next spring. Fingers crossed! Michael

It's an easy process and this article describes it well- How to Take Cuttings of Tender Perennials - Squire's Garden CentresIf your buddleia has some short shoots with several pairs of leaves, you can take a heel cutting by peeling the shoot off the branch downwards which gives a 'heal' to the...

@CarolineL it's always the first place I look for anything. I figure if it's not on eBay it's probably not available anywhere!