I would'nt spend a fortune, ask the council if they can do anything it is after all their property. Nice solar lamps will probably go missing!!
I am also in the real world of horticulture! I'm 47 and have been doing my garden for 23yrs last 8 or 9 being totally tropical.
Failing that, wait till it flowers then collect the black seeds they germinate dead easy, even when they drop on the ground you will see them...
From Collins practical gardener on Lawns! was'nt talking about mosskiller was talking about scarifiying and aerating, we have to do this for our RHS
You usually don't feed tomatoes untill the first truss has set as there is enough food already in the compost. Then any tomatoe food will do.
Scarifiying and aerating is usually done in the autumn not spring, and top dressing done after that. Top dressing can be done mid spring lightly...
I cut mine last week before it started to rain,it could do with another one soon.
Yep my bed shook at a couple of minutes to 1. The last time it shook like that was in 1984 when the quake was in North Wales, then it realy shook...
Don't know what the red tiger bit is, but I have a musa sikkimensis in the garden, had it for 2 yrs it's wrapped in fleece at the moment but it...
I apply weed feed and moss killer ever April (B&Qs) and never have problem with anything the rest of the year, just get moss in the winter when...
Hi yes it's me Sheila (TO) I'm doing my RHS, done one exam my second is in June. I'm on my 8th module out of 9 which is garden planning, my next...
Hi Dicentra should be divided in the spring not Autumn. Don't do it yet if the ground is frozen!
Thanks all, hope I pass, you only have to get 50% or more. We find out in about 8 weeks then if we've failed we can sit it again (different...
Did my first Hort 1 exam yesterday it was very hard! not one question came up of what me and this other fella had been revising!! and we had...
I work in a garden centre too! and our herbs have been delivered too and all the little plug plants.
Try Clamatis armandii it's evergreen with large leaves and lovely white smelling flowers in spring, it's very fast growing too. Looks very tropical!
Once they finish flowering they are very hard to get to flower again! best in a conservatory.
Lack of water has made the buds drop off!!
They don't need to be kept dry! while in flower they need food and water but don't let the pot sit in water, spray the roots every couple of days...
I plant mine out every summer and dig up in autumn and put in plant pot in greenhouse, It's still doing fine and got its leaves. I only put the...
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