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As the hedge is on the developer's land, it's theirs to do as they like with even if that means ripping it out. Probably best if you can to have a friendly chat with them to find out what they are planning and express your concerns.

Hmmm...30cm would be pushing them to the limit. Certainly I've found the Iris and Lobelia prefer their roots in the water but the stems above. If there's no shelf, I wonder whether some of the trendy, tall, square pots half-filled with gravel or stones, then topped up with soil and the plant...

Hozelock don't produce the micro irrigation systems any more. I managed to get a Gardena timer and then got other 'no-name' bits on t'interweb.

A Chinese seller can say their item is based in the UK on their listing, but if you click on their name and “about”, it will give you their registered location. Also Chinese sellers often have feedback numbers in the low hundreds, as they dump an account as soon as they fall below standards at...

Many thanks for the advice

OK, I've moved it to a spot that gets full sun most of the day. I'll probably give it another couple of years, if it still won't flower it's headed for the green bin

Makes perfect sense to me. We stayed in the UK till this home was habitable. Started the garden on visits to get the infrastructure done.

Thank you both, this is really helpful. I appreciate it.

In general to maintain flowering the next year you trim back just after they have flowered but drastic cutting back should be done when they are dormant. You can get away with hard prunning when they are in growth but it will slow the rate they recover, whilst winter pruning will promote...

It's a long time since I've had Spirea in the garden, but if I remember rightly they flower on the previous year's growth so you prune them immediately after flowering. If you want a dense rounded shape you can do it by clipping them all over.When they get mature (not your problem just now) you...

Thanks @NigelJ I've done that this morning and @pete Tbh I've never noticed the leaves! It has been cruelly neglected. I have given it a good jiggle of toprose as that's the first thing that came to hand.

With Verbena bonariensis I tend to remove any obviously dead bits, maybe shorten the live bits by two thirds and then have another look at it when it starts to grow properly. As for falling over I think that's just in it's nature mine reach 5 ft + and like to lean on the surroundings. So tie...

Finally caught the face of RC on CCTV in the shed ...

As you say the first thing is to keep dogs off it in the winter, it's easier if you watch this video.

Adding shredded or simply ripped up paper is the easiest way to balance a wet compost. Any non-shiney paper will do so newspapers, envelopes, egg/fruit/mushroom cartons and cardboard.We add far more than we used too and it’s really improved the consistency and speed of our compost.

The only way I can get cooler conditions, with great light is outside? Where I would think it is too cold outside still? Generally I don’t live in a warm house and seldom put heating on, I like it cool, there is no heating in the spare room.I only have the storage heat on in the living room,...

Google reckons -Conservation statusVulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Gesneriaceae Genus: Glossoloma Species: G. martinianum Binomial name Glossoloma...