Thanks Pete, I'll keep my eyes open for any "grass" growing nearby :P
Pete - that's the second time today I have read about all these cordys flowering themselves to death. Is this the end for a lot then? Those that...
Hi all,My cordylines and foxtail lily have both flowered really well this year (thank you cold winter, I guess!) and now have lots of seeds...
I was thinking about doing it this week - cutting a third of the stems out, yes? Mine always flop over before the summer's out, so worth a go...
Hi all,Sorry, I've been away from the PC all weekend! Thanks for all your advice, sounds like they're coming up this weekend then! :)Cheers,...
Hi All,I sowed a couple of rows of parsnips last summer, with the intention of eating them over winter. To cut a long story short, we totally...
Just had a look up for Cornus controversa 'Variegata', and got this:"Fully hardy, it has a height and spread of about 15m (50ft)."ah, a...
Hi guys, thanks for the tips. You're right, Aaron, that the lawn is very small, and I have thought about taking it up completely, but we're new...
Thanks Aaron, I already have a few cornus in the back garden, but will definitely put it on the list :)
Hi All,Some inspiration required please. Over the last few years, I have been steadily working to improve the borders at the front of the...
Hi Banana Tree,a lot of banana trees are root hardy, and given the size of this one I would think it quite robust! My advice would be to chop it...
Cor, I like the look of that when I have googled it. I remember seeing it some years ago in (I think) Chester Zoo and liking it then. However,...
Woohoo - one of my "dead" basjoos has put up a new shoot from the ground over the weekend!! :yho::yho:I took Gaz's advice on the other large...
Well, it is very squelchy at the top of the stump. and the stump is only about 6 inches off the ground! So gutted as I had had some really good...
Thanks for the reply Gaz - any tips for successfully cutting off the brown and squelchy part? It's way too big for secateurs or loppers and too...
I do think mine is dead though - it is brown and squelchy, the stem broke in high winds and I have seen suckers on the ones in my greenhouse but...
My oleander is now an ex-oleander despite living in the greenhouse. I'm going to remove my Washingtonia filifera from it's wrapping this week and...
Hi all,I didn't go for the palm in the end - as you said, I can probably find a better one if I do a bit more shopping around! Thanks a lot for...
Yes, I haven't touched them, they are in soil that I have just left alone (trying to leave a part of the garden totally wild, thanks weeds! :D)...
My foxgloves are in a very undisturbed, but shaded part of the garden, but haven't self seeded. Are there some that don't seed as prolifically?...
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