What competition is that BM? Is that a figure of speech or is it another case of 'what is going on here?' (my mantra)
Hi there,I think my Ferdinand Pichard IS a good example, a little lax in growth possibly but cracking flowers and no disease (which this...
Not so many luckily as it is right by a path. Thanks for the vote though!
Simply put, the fertilizer disolves into the water in the soil and increases the concentration of salts in it - not table salt but all kinds of...
[img]Just testing the water: I don't know if gardens I've made for other people count in this section but, since I spend around 60 hours a week...
Incidentally seaweed and epsom salts could raise the pH further so better not to use them either.
You've already answered your question, its the alkalinity. You could try some sequestered iron from a garden centre which might help, or a peat...
I wouldn't plant any creepers around it at all, they will outcompete the poor thing and you will snap the branched trying to get their stems...
Woh, that is well bonkers! Do you have planning permission for you multi-storey herbaceous monster?Poppy33 I think the flower opens downwards,...
Here's a couple of blooms making their way. The roses look set for a storming season this year. No aphids and hardly any black spot as yet. Mildew...
Here's the clump. It'd not easy to see but they don't all have the central boss, only about half of them, though they are variable within the...
Not up on me vetches but I'd guess Vicia cracca, the tufted vetch. BTW any good at paeonies (he asks hopefully)
[img]Campanula portenschlagiana.[img]Vinca minor.Hope this helps Gofoit2.These are taken from the web-is there an issue with...
Nope no luck there either Palustris, nor on the following interesting linkhttp://mikejones.us/herbaceous6.htmAny offers, I'd be pleased to...
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I love them.This was sold as a 'Sword Dance' lactiflora cultivar but it ain't. Come on boffins, go for it....
I have found Liatris liable to crown rot in wet ground. Mind you I haven't had a heap of luck with them anywhere. Good luck!
Possibly campanula portenschlagiana, a veritable weed in the South East and I suspect everywhere. More difficult to eradicate than the daleks, but...
Hello all. Mims, I have tried these things from a few sources and I have also had trouble. Some grow like stink, others just don't seem to catch....
I've seen ants harvesting honeydew off aphids on paeonies, but not any chomping away at the paeony itself. Are there aphids on the (remnants of...
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