Thanks for your answer. I am studying this subject and appreciate any help!
When the ovule is fertilized by the pollen, am I right to think that just a single seed results?If so, can the ovule be fertilized by yet more...
What I mean is:The ovules have all been fertilized by pollen grains.The seeds are forming.Does the stamen still produce pollen?Do bees and...
Linaria purpurea / purple toadlfax was what I though as well, but every picture I have seen looks different. The flowers on my plants are...
I'll put up a photo if I can. I'm not very good with cameras, uploads, or technology in general.
Neither is it Orchis mascula, another candidate.
Hi. Several tall plants have arrived in my garden unexpectedly. I see them in variou sgardens, usually semi-wild ones (though have never seen...
Whatever you grow, include some Nasturtiums (Trapaeolum majus), which deflect aphid (and other) attention from your other plants.
I have heard of them growing in that situation many times, hence their common name of houseleeks, I suppose?Do you suggest, then, that I go...
Hi. I just grew them because...I like them. But there is no soil to speak of where they can go - all Ihave is a small stretch of concrete where...
Trowel, watering can and rake. I am surprised no-one has mentioned rakes. I am using an "expanding rake" atthe moment and have never used one...
Hi. The Sempervivums are currently in a small plastic tray; I sowed them from seed in this same tray and hardened them off over the spring. Now...
I have heard that Buddleja globosa should not be pruned too hard, just trimmed after flowering - though I knew of someone who pruned their's by a...
Thanks. This person does not have a mower and it will not be possible to transport one there for the day we start. Is it possible to chop the...
I am doing some gardening for a friend. Her small lawn is just a jungle of overgrown grass and some weeds. The intention is to clear these weeds...
Once the tuber has been planted, the stem grows up, and is it from the stem underground that the new tubers grow? What happens to the original...
Thanks for this answer: haven't been on this site for a while but on checking now I realised you had posted this very informative answer to my...
A colleague has asked me to help "repair" her lawn. Lawn care is one part of gardening I know absolutely nothing about. I have never even had a...
I have always been taught it is best to turn trays of herb seedlings to face the sun as they strain for the light, as herbs in particular need...
The daffodils where I live are just coming upm but I see this as an advantage rather than a draw back - we can enjoy them longer into the spring.
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