Thanks Dendy - the new forsythia look s great especially if it is scented. I've got both wgite and pink Dicentra - a bit thuggish but great for...
Snakes we have in plenty mostly adders and grass snakes - as Geoff says they do not seem to bother us but I do fear for the dog in high summer...
Thanks PeterS - I am definitely going to get a couple of Asters and will look into the Cotswold web site. Also like the idea of keeping in pots in...
The Francoa looks great in the pics sent by Dendy thank you Blackthorn - I'll also have another look at Valerian although I think that I've tried...
Have just returned from walking in the Great Park at Windsor. The daffodils on the roundabout are well and truly out in numbers - not at their...
Thanks again for the responses especially the Aster which looks great. Jack by... this is the sort of problem I do not understand ! Dahlias fine -...
Thanks Dendy - I do have Poppies and Aconitum which I quite like but having recently been lectured about poisonous plants at the local gardening...
Am starting to shop around for a few new Perennials - any colour to go in a sort of 'country garden area which is partly planted with...
The 'pink' flower looks like Viburnum (can't remember the name but the flowers are sweet scented. The 3/4th plan/s could also be Weigelia?...
Do'n't know the name of the ones in my garden but they have been there for two years now without problem although I know them to be a bit suspect...
Hello Suzisu - a friend of my wife has a very large fig tree more than 15ft. and planted against a wall in her small garden in Windsor. It fruits...
We had three days in Cologne - just missing the Heathrow problems as we landed back here about 5 hours late. Talk about 'pigging out' try with...
I confess to being hugely impressed with the pictures on display and the skill required to produce these images. As a late starter to computers...
Apart from having plenty of pruning and clearing work I must agree that the sate of mind in the winter is not condusive to being out in the garden...
There is a Hosta in my garde whch has been with me for 10-15years and rarely if ever gets attacked by slugs. Unfortunately I do not know the name...
You could also consider Lavenders which are often happy in any conditions - they spread all over the place here. I also grow a dwarf Pieris in a...
If you want to take cuttings it's a bit late in the year although you can try by just cutting a few branches with the secateurs to see if the...
Regrettably Dendy the use of water at the RHS this summer was obviously quite considerable and although the river next door continued to flow...
Crocuses coming through the lawn, Daffodils nodding their heads......,and Snowdrops just flowering (I can dream while I'm lying back waiting for...
Never got to see BH live but had most of his records and used to play a few on the guitar. The Buddy Holly Story we have seen 3/4 times on stage...
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