Hmm, do you have any idea how cold/heat "protected" plants are in your type of tub during the summer or winter months in your Scottish hills?...
Deadheading -cutting off the spent blooms- usually can be done at any time of the year. When foliage is still around (during autumn, early winter...
I have not seen rust on hibiscus but I have seen rust in hydrangea. This disease normally appears during the spring so seeing a case now is rare....
The trumpet flowers and the leaves remind me of the "Chandelier Plant", a succulent, aka, kalanchoe delagoensis(sp.?). Drought tolerant. Likes to...
I normally try not to have anything growing under my fruit trees but I have seen some people plant clover to attract predators for aphids. You...
Hello, ijolly4. Maybe aphids but the insects were too grainy and far away in the pictures to tell 100% sure. You can capture a few in a sealed,...
It does not harm the plant to cut the flower buds that are opening but you can aid the plant in its journey as a new plant if you control where it...
Braided tropical hibiscuses (hibiscus rosa-sinensis) do not "enjoy" freezing temperatures down here. I used to grow them in hedges while in the...
If this happens again, I would extract it from the pot and dunk it in a pail full of water until it stops throwing air bubbles (1-2 hours) and...
Does it not say the NPK Ratio on the back?
Thanks for sharing. All of my mophead blooms have browned out on this side of the pond :o( so it is nice to see blooms still going strong....
Hydrangeas are not heavy feeders like roses are. Established hydrangeas planted in the ground can feed off their decomposing mulch. They do not...
For French Hydrangea (macrophylla), Mountain Hydrangea (serrata) and Rough-leaved Hydrangea (aspera), I have this "lack of blooms" problem in some...
I would have thought that from a cold weather perspective only, your area would have been great (close but rarely below freezing, is it not?) and...
Hibiscus plants drop their buds for a variety of reasons and environmental factors can often play a role: to maintain proper watering, insert a...
Hello, Appleblossom31. Nice fence; I agree too. Actually, at this moment, the plants look just fine to me. The leaves are dark green so there are...
Hello, Appleblossom31. Actually, at this moment, they look just fine to me. The leaves are dark green so there are no acidity issues so far. Then...
After the Summer Solstice (June 20th), chlorophyll production tapers off so hydrangea leaves will show some leaf spots that most of the time are...
It is a hydrangea macrophylla, also known as a big-leaf hydrangea, a French hydrangea or hortensia. Macrophyllas produce two types of blooms:...
You're wwelcome. Yes, some paniculatas do have large blooms and a few don't. Pinky Winky does best as far as blooms not flopping but its bloom...
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