Check around the roots for the dreaded vine weevil grubs (they resemble white maggots). Skimmias prefer acidic soil in shade, you dont give any...
Try Nemasys or Nemaslug. Needs to be applied now (April) and can be diluted and applied through a sprayer or watering can. Your locl garden centre...
You dont say how long the tea bags have been in there (and if there are thousands are you running a cafe??!). We do the same as you but our bins...
Also - when cutting your grass after usung these products dont put the clippings on the compost heap. Should tell you this on the instructions!
They would say that wouldnt they?? How many people do you know who use them properly - I've been to gardens that have a blue haze on the soil...
What's a city?
Works for me!!!! This is the view from the kitchen window. As you can see we have a pretty big garden!!!
Get a calculator and try here:http://www.planet-stuff.freeserve.co.uk/Standards/Conversion_Tables.htm
Try Honeysuckle, especially Lonicera acuminata, which is evergreen and will make 15ft if you are a good weaver! Clematis montana will grow but...
It could be that your soil is too rich so they are making lots of leaf at the expense of flowers. Check also that you have not planted them too...
Its what we do with the plants not the other way round. Alchemilla mollis is a woodlander and behaves in a respectable manner when placed there....
How small is your garden and what final height are you looking for in your tree of choice. What else do you want your tree to do, smell, have good...
Dig out the largest rootball you can manage, at least (30cm) all round the trunk. Slide thick polythene sheeting under the rootball and it will...
Try our home page. I try not to promote our nursery on these pages as nathan won't like it but you can look - you dont have to buy and you will...
For anyone in West Wales, the local HPS group meets in Newcastle Emlyn. They have an Annual Plant Fair with at least 10 specialist plant...
Personally I would spray with a glyphosate based spray such as Roundup, which is systemic. Follow the instructions carefully as it works best in...
Apparently once moles have made their runs they continue to use them without necessarily creating new runs. It has been suggested that trying to...
You don't say whether you have an open or enclosed compost bin. If its open then an old carpet over the top will help keep the heat in and thus...
Sure they are mozzies? and not little fruit flies which love the veg and fruit peelings??
One of the problems with common names is that some plants have a lot of them!! I am assuming your 'apple blossom tree' is not an apple but one of...
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