best time to take cuttings is when nobody is looking! i'm a professional gardener, and when people ask if they can take cuttings of plants in our...
worked fine for me, if only it were that easy though, know what you mean about the over indulgent moggie!
we are a group of like minded individuals who have relentlessly tried to encourage people to continue to support their village horticultural show,...
heres a few 1- if at first you don't succeed, try management 2-i pretend to work, they pretend to pay me 3- don't question authority, they don't...
is your acer in a cold or windy spot, they don't always cope well with cold wind bud blasting happens commonly, which acer is it?
blickling is a beautiful place, don't visit it enough, very good head gardener, paul. quite a feat when they cut them. when your next looking at...
willow sucks water up like a sponge, willow hedge (just push into the ground) you may know willow shoots easily
its called hollow tine aeration, thats the technical term, lawn sand or a granular moss, weed feed appply ganules as the rain falls out of the sky!
acer griseum,paper bark maple adds colour all year round quite cheap as well, won't grow too tall, and will still let light onto the ground underneath
best option if all else fails i find hammers can work, if the little one doesn't work, just try a slightly larger one, and so...
Lilly of the valley?
i agree with you pete, that cannot be an apple tree! not a chance i've pruned enough of them! that looks like holly, very straight branches>
woodland garden under the trees lots of bark chippings, hosta's and astilbe's but they really need damp soil, this would be your best bet for...
some form of brick acid which burns the algae off is your best option, your local builders merchant should sell it, quite cheap and can be sprayed...
looking at the photo's and everyones comments and suggestions i'd be inclined to say its a beech, like pete said the bark looks right and the...
not only does manure scorch the roots, but if it isn't well rotted it will draw nitrogen out of the soil to rot it down, the adverse effect, so...
the logs will dry no problem, if your desparately worried about all the bugs, and your gonna lose sleep over it, then why not stack them outside...
scarify your lawns at the end of march, then you can top dress or fertilize, granular feed is fine, but do it just before your expecting rain,...
your problem isn't the plant itself its the roots you need to sort out, when you potted up into a solid pot did you happen to take it out of a see...
you first need a windbreak, don't go for anything solid like a fence, your best bet is a natural wind break, escallonia rubra mecanthra doesn't...
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