And in this day and age don't waste money on a mechanical timer for the socket end...get a WiFi enabled one so you can switch off power on warm...
As for chrysanthemums they tend to show up quite strongly around the Sussexes and Kent when we visit nurseries and garden centres. After the move...
Thanks for the fuchsia tip @ricky101 will check them out when we finally move in the area. As my close-up images on the flower close-up thread...
Fuchsia Beacon Rosa a Swiss variation from 1972 of the 19th century cultivar, Beacon which is also lovely. Love the shape of the flower and this...
Everedge would work well but frankly if you want to keep using a strimmer eye protection is sensible no matter what edging you choose. How deep is...
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I'd also add as a candidate some white flowering rugosa roses, they don't mind salty environments and are tough as anything and create nice hedges...
A photo would really help...a structure be it a fence or a trellis of sorts may be the solution. The obsession with privacy in the outdoors always...
And spraying already stressed plants is really counterproductive. But those planters look utterly unsuitable to even the smallest rose.
With pelargoniums it makes sense to remove the whole head, it will make it flower more eventually. A partially passed it flower head looks...
I would look at other materials if you want them to withstand extreme conditions. I'm particularly fond of Nardi who make recyclable composite...
It's worth visiting the alternative box garden at RHS Wisley...lots of Podocarpus that looks great Box alternatives trial at RHS Garden Wisley
I like the idea of garlic spray but not fancying stinking the kitchen out...would a dilution of powdered garlic work? Has anyone attempted it? :sad:
I wonder if people think at all about the suffering scalding living being causes...it really is such an ineffective and cruel method.
The very elegant flower of fuchsia Tom West originating from France in the 1850s but introduced to the trade much more recently under the current...
The gorgeous Moonlight...still suffering in a nursery pot. Can't wait to plant it in the new garden. It was an end of season bargain last year for...
Had reasonable success at the allotment (South London) last year...but the UK growing season is so short for them. I'm Greek so of course love...
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It's a choice you make...that one is an interesting academia based project that tends to do a good job in my experience. I'm useless at the...
Presumably those corner spots mentioned is somewhere a litter picker would be too unwieldy for.
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