If they are bees, then I guess trying to kill them isn't an option?
Wiseowl - thank you. I will everything alone and fingers crossed, we will get flowers next year. I assumed it is a climber as it has grown about 3...
Wiseowl -Thank you for your comment and apologies for not responding sooner - been a hectic few days. The rose in question is about 10 years old...
Hi everyoneI have a well established climbing rose which I cut back hard last season. It produced a couple of blooms in Spring but nothing...
One other thing - about location/aspect. I think west/south facing is suggested because of frost on east facing? I'm really tight for space, but I...
Thanks everyone. Soil is acidish(live in Dublin close to the coast) but I plan to put some ericaceous compost in anyway. Well that's good to know...
Hello everyoneI have a Camellia in a pot which is looking nice and healthy - pic attached. At some stage I want to put it in the ground and...
Thank you. Do I just buy some seeds and plant as per instructions?
HelloThis is probably a very naive question but, is it possible to grow baby spinach in containers and if so, what time of year. Am fed up...
Well the drenching and feed didn't help. Spoke to the supplier who suggested vine weevil. Dug it out, treated it for vine weevil and replanted it....
Will do :)
Thanks Armandii. That sounds promising. I live in Dublin and we've have had an unusually long spell of hot dry weather. My gut is to drench it...
Hi everyone I got two clematis cirrhosa Wisley Cream a few months ago and planted them in the ground on a south facing wall about 2m apart. Both...
Thanks Zigs. So is it the case that if it is going to flower, I would see evidence of that by now?
Hi everyone I have Lonicera growing on a south-facing wall. I think it may be 2-3 years old. It's gone rampant with tons of branches and leaves,...
Thanks Sheal for your information. Is it OK to remove the leaves with the black spot now or should I wait til the end of the season?
Hello all I have a well established climber which normally produces tons of blooms, but this year, I only seem to have a couple of buds, which...
Catjohnson. I took my rose out of the ground and put it in a pot because I think it might have been struggling to establish strong roots beside...
Thanks wiseowl and chimneyRG. The rose is in the ground so unlikely to be waterlogged but I'm wondering about another possibility. I planted it...
Wiseowl. I KNEW I was going to be asked what the rose is.............and I don't know. It's a climber, in the ground and as far as I remember it's...
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