Round my way those were called sticky buds
I was looking at wildflowers this morning, and remembered a long-running dispute between my mum and dad as to the correct name for a pink flower...
@KT53 - I noticed your comment about the Malvern Spring Festival, so had a look at the prices as we were thinking of going this year. I’ve never...
They probably aren’t dead, and will just have been knocked back a bit. Important to avoid it happening again this season.
Have you got a picture of it in situ?
In my experience no. We used to keep sheep, so had an unlimited supply of it. Even laid out in long, thick strips to make a total barrier, the...
Mice, or maybe birds, dug up every single onion set in the bed a few years ago. They just left them lying there.I put all of my seedlings on a...
@NigelJ , I keep it under a table in the polytunnel, for a bit of shade. But if it’s going to be cold overnight I put it on the table with the...
Is that because your last frost date is early in sunny Devon ? I would like to leave my Christmas cactus to it’s own devices out in the polytunnel...
Right then. When this cold shower has passed, I’m going out there with my pruning shears and some feed.
Maybe not. So I’ve had a look on the RHS web site, and they said perennial verbena should be cut back before new growth starts in spring. I’m not...
Awaiting replies with interest, because so have I. I’m assuming they will and I was planning to cut them back in a couple of weeks. But would...
It’s beautiful, the epitome of spring freshness.
I think I was thinking of Jack Frost. It isn’t growing in my current garden, so I can’t go out and check it.
That’s funny, I wonder if slug resistance varies with variety?
Brunnera? I think they will tolerate clay soil. They do like shade and slugs don’t like them.
Passiflora incarnata ? It’s a passion flower that is frost hardy down to -15°C or so, and tolerates drought. However, it will spread when it’s...
I think this rule is not well known. In fact I didn’t know it applied to everyone, although it definitely does to farmers.
We bought our raspberries several years ago, and also found that advice painful. But our raspberries were fine and we get pounds and pounds of...
I saw a study on cats with and without bells. It concluded that they learn to stalk without causing the bell to ring, and become even better...
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