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Coming in on this a year late but you never know, someone might read it. I have a green bin at about £60 a year and it's good value for me. But I need three! Either that or put 3 large sacks of cuttings in my car and travel to the waste site, three or more times a week depending on the season....

You are lucky having a wall Sheal.I can't think of a use for chalk. Teachers have interactive white boards instead these days. Maybe I can make a garden wall out of it and pretend it snows all the time.

those poles and brushes are called water fed poles. hope this helps if your looking for one

Yes....let's be kind and say 'misguided or no pruning ' :-) Can I just be a bit pedantic here and mention that water shoots are actually new, very thin sprouts that form around a pruning cut or damage. What you've got are just new, healthy shoots in.the wrong place :-)

It's good to see plants coming to life after the winter and it'll be interesting to identify the bulbs under the Dogwood. It's too early for Bluebells but they could be Tulips.

They are really at their best before June, then you can replace them with summer bedding. It also depends a bit on the weather. When it's hot they don't last so long.

Welcome to GC Emma.

Thankyou @Escarpment, that is good to know. Are you trying out different cultivars or varieties, and have you come to any conclusions yet about any of your plants doing better or worse than others?

Greetings to everyone! Yesterday the sun came out after a whole week of rain️, and with it the first tulip opened . We were expecting a more muted tone, but it's exciting all the same . Now waiting for its companions to open ⏳

Wishing you better @simone_in_wiltshire

Thanks @pete, this has happened a few times, I'll have to bring it in the house next winter.

Let us know if it works.