Other Plants

Thank you. I was thinking because they’re young they may need fleece . The hollyhocks are not in pots , but still in the ground and a good foot high now . Ok, I’ll put the potted plants near a sheltered wall. Thanks people

Unfortunately this happens quite often. When a tree or large shrub is being planted, note should be taken of it's eventual height and spread, including root spread if possible. It's much to close to the fence.

I discovered whst was causing the floppy yellow leaves. The heat! Is this common in transplants?

Hi Nigel, Thanks for your reply. Yes I think next summer a mulch will be in order. I'm thinking we may have moved them into an area that's too dry. We'll see. Thanks again

They look brilliant Roders! Thanks for the info on Tortworth Plants @Perki, they sound great. I've bought a few PBR plants over the years but they were only slightly more expensive than their non-PBR counterparts, nothing like these echinaceas! £6.66 - The Number of the Beast, sounds like...

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Oh good! The flower is nearly open...

I always use rain water when possible as the water here is chalky.I don't bother about anything microscopic in the water, it's all part of the natural world as far as I'm concerned.

Round here, it grows along every street and creeps into front and back gardens.

I'd say immediately after flowering is best. But you should still be ok for flowers next year.

Hi Barb, Pleased to report my pruning worked out fine. Only a few blooms this year but I could see soon after pruning that new growth was coming, even from lower unpromising areas. Black fly this year have homed in a lovely (pruned) Philadelphus which is right next to my compost bin, from which...

Agastache grows tall and flimsy, though I never had a problem with it falling over even without staking, looks pretty and attracts bees like crazy.

Finally I had the time to upload a photo of my peony hanging around quite sadly.

Yes @Snorky85 , it smells nice in flower close up, but isn’t particularly fragrant (I think it was an Aldi cheapy, there is always a catch!). I get far better scent from my Mexican orange blossom choisya ternata.

Hello allAfter speaking (emailing as no phone number) to Taylors Clematis they recommended a few Clematis and I am going to go with Clematis 'Picotee'.I will be ordering one for now in early July so I will see how it fairs, if all goes well I may get another to replace the 'Nelly Moser' that...

I’ve just moved to a new house and there are a number of shrubs which are rather overgrown. There’s this pearl bush which had spectacular flowers earlier in the year. However it’s huge. It’s been trailed up a trellis but this is struggling to hold it up now. It’s about 2.5m high 3m wide and 1m...

No idea, only ever seen it as a climber on a wall. Frequent pruning might make flowers few and far between.

They've been getting increasingly expensive for years. I love them, but for some reason Lupins just keel over and die in my garden.

Hi I have put in a raised garden fish pond and would like to know what sort of plants would be suitable around our pond and must be dog friendly.... Our idea to to have some thing like a park pond but on a smaller scale Thanks for the help and advice

Thanks very much for the recommendation, @Graham B! No, I already have an Ivory 'Buzz' buddleia and adore it, trouble is flowering time is all wrong for my rather esoteric purpose of wanting to attract Brimstone butterflies in Spring! But wow, apart from having my heart set on burgundy your...