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Hello.On my roof terrace I have 8 Pittosporum Tenuifolium Silver Queen plants in 4 large wooden planters situated along the perimeter wall (2 plants in each planter). The reason is for both privacy and to allow a decent amount of sunlight through, as opposed to a dense hedge.As can be seen...

No sign of my zantedeschia yet...

Here are some photos of the Morning Glory growing & flowering in a hanging basket from last summer. (It's not the first time this has happened to me!) .. .

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My biggest fruit, pretty puny really.

Hi Vicky It is I think Phyllostachys Aura. I have had it about 25 years ,it’s pretty much trouble free ,as Spruce says cut out any dead branches and any bits you don’t like ,it’s a tough old plant but contrary to popular belief it may need extra water. Here are pics.of his parents.

Hello allI hope you are well.I have a Potentillia in the Back Garden which is growing well but is a bit untidy, as can be seen here:Can anyone please offer some advice on how, and when, to Prune it?Also, can Potentillia be Hard Pruned?Thanks in advanceKevin

Thanks so much for all your advice, everyone Fingers crossed it'll pick back up soon!

Yes, there are 11 clown loach in there. They are one of the longest lived fish in the hobby living up to 25-30 years. I've had mine 8 years or so, so they are still babies yet!No oscars though, they are too predatory and would eat a lot of my smaller fish. The two you are probably referring...

Hello @peteI had a feeling that was the case.I will cut the Main Plant back to below the damage and will keep the Layered Section.ThanksKevin

If it's got or had berries it's either one of the male/female cultivar or a female. Males will obviously never have berries.

They should re flower every year if you treat them properly after flowering. Depending on pot size ATM, repot after flowering, into a pot 1in bigger all round, and feed right through the summer with high potash feed, like tomato feed. Keep the plants in a sunny position and dry it off towards...

Thanks again everyone, very grateful.

thankyou everyone it looks like ill be cutting them back this weekend, cheers.

Well, the less you pull on the stems the better, so if you can, lay them on their sides, check there aren't any roots through the drainage holes, run a long carving knife round between the rootball and the pot and then gently tip the pot so the rootballs slide out onto a sheet of plastic. An...

Thanks for taking the time to reply. I live in the south of England and it was the cold spell just before Xmas. It was consistently below freezing for about a week and probably got down to -8 celcius . I’ll wait and see what happens in the Spring. Thank you.

Its almost a kind of Approach grafting, if you can keep two branches close enough as they grow they will do a natural graft.Not been there lately but in my local park there is a weeping willow that has two fused branches forming a kind of circle.I think roots do it as well, but usually we...

Well, if Pandaman gets back to us later this year, we'll have our answer

The problem with these is that they don't like to be moved around once their buds have formed. It would be better to move them indoors when you see signs of the first buds forming . (See my picture above).How To Care For a Christmas Cactus, Thanksgiving Cactus, or Easter CactusChristmas...