I'm growing papyrus from seed and we're at the tiny baby leaf stage.What's the best way of coaxing them on?
What's the best way to care for my Falstaff apple tree during the winter? Should I be feeding it or pruning it? Does it need fleecing to protect...
I know this is something of a long shot but I have decided to try persuading Mistletoe to take root in my garden. I have a large plum tree and...
I'll try and find a pic. I've had them for years and have really cut them back hard the last two - they've grown back thick as anything....
I have two fine cyperus - papyrus that I've nursed for about eight years. It's coming to the time when I should be bringing them indoors but I...
I think I'll risk it. In the Spring I did much the same, just cut it back and crossed my fingers and it has never looked better. Previous years...
That is what i have been doing for the many years I've had them but after overwintering them last year they looked really forlorn so I took the...
Thanks to everyone for your advice. I did wonder myself whether the hedge would actually survive such a severe cut but couldn't see any...
I'd be grateful for advice on a problem I have with my leylandii hedge. It was absolulte massive - house height - for years and I decided that as...
We are now coming to that time of year when I need to think about brining in my papyrus plants. At the beginning of the yearI was convinced both...
Thanks for your suggestion. I'll give that a try. We did decide to give it a feed this week and see if that has any effect. It did seem a...
I managed to take a small cutting from one of mine when I bottom dressed them both. It's on my kitchen windowsill and seems to be doing fine....
I got a bit desperate earlier in the year because they looked so forlorn. I decided to cut back the worst one thinking that if I got any new...
I have been bringing two of them in every year, still full size. The one I cut back is growing madly while the one I thought was doing better is...
Hopefully this photo will help. In the photos it does not appear too bad but its leaves used to be really lustrous and emerald green. Now they...
I posted some time ago about my lovely papyrus plants which seemed to be struggling after a winter spent indoors. There was an awful lot of dead...
I'll try and get some pix. I've double checked with Mum and she doesn't remember any of the roots being crumbly or anything suspicious like that....
Thanks for your replies. Mum has taken cuttings from it but it continues to deteriorate, poor thing. It was in quite a massive pot - I think tub...
My mother has a huge crassula plant that we worked out must be something over twenty years old. We grew it from one tiny cutting and it has done...
That's good news for you. I've had these things several years and this is the first one I think I've ever had any concerns. I usually have to do a...
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