Our local car park has an area planted with evergreen small bushes looking a bit like hebes of some sort which, having grown to touch each other...
Thanks everyone, very useful. Obviously, as is so often the case with this garden lark, the secret is to wait and see!
All I can find to read about dahlias talks about them as tuberous plants and most of the queries about cultivation concern the tubers. For the...
Thank you both. Answer is clear - take note of the warning!
Thanks for that Kristen. Are the affects such that the cobs will be uneatable or (as I suspect is the case) the results just can't be predicted?
My first greenhouse sowing of sweetcorn was not very successful so I bought another packet of seeds with the intention of sowing them direct....
Thanks Marley but too blue (although my wife's reaction was - that looks nice). Scillonian - YES dusky crug is exactly it, not seen anywhere...
G Macro..... does look similar but it is the dark leaves, remaining dark throughout the year, which are so different from any other geranium I've...
Thank you for the ideas. However, definitely no smell and light stems, not reddish. The cranesbill thought comes because we bought it as a part...
This plant is believed to be a cranesbill. It is low growing, has small light pinky mauve flowers and brownish leaves, 5 leaves with scalloped...
Thanks, looks like the best thing is to let them die down, give a feed and then lift the bulbs until ready to plant in autumn for next year. I'll...
I want to move some of my miniature daffs to a different place in the flower bed. I know that the leaves should be left to die down after...
Thanks for the thoughts - I'll leave most of them on - I'm aiming for small pots for salads. Cothey2 - I put 5 seed pots in a tub that is about...
What would folk advise regarding rubbing off some of the sprouting eyes when chitting potatoes? If some are to be rubbed off, is it done just...
Thanks everyone. Not sure I have the answer yet. The pebbles have to be lifted up over the log roll from the ground below, about 3-4 inches high...
Part of my garden is covered in seashore pebbles. There are some small "islands" of earth some with trees, some with shrubs, here and there, each...
Thank you Ziggy, I'll give it a try. Tried Googling images of apples without success and also found a very informative website about apples that,...
Could the experts identify this apple variety please. We know it as a cooker but not so tart as Bramley. Light yellow skin, crisp but not hard...
Absolutely right, they don't always come exactly when it says on the packet. For everyone who showed interest - we've started to harvest! MaxD
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