Yes, that would be a very very bad idea!
The advice given was to soak your rose, not just "water" it. What do you mean by "water heavily"?
Thanks for all your informative replies. Still not sure what cultivar that is (and waiting from an answer from the GC). Here's a pic taken today....
Pics of the day... taken between showers! [IMG] The North-East corner. At the back: Crinum Powellii Rosea just starting to push up its flower...
I've had this Monarda cultivar in the garden, just for one year. Spectacular colour, but too "garish" to fit in my (more subdued) colour palette....
Lots of lovely pics of your flowers! Keep posting... [IMG] Monarda x 'Melissa'. First time I grow this cultivar in the garden. Flowers display a...
Not the best of times to plant a shrub/tree! And also it's not recommended to plant a shrub/tree when it's in flower. Never mind the flowers...
Hi! I have Malus perpetu 'Evereste' in the garden and I recommend it as it seems to fit the bill with all of your criteria. See pics on my garden...
You might like to check establishments such as Gallery — Stratford Butterfly Farm Maybe they would be willing to share some of their secrets? PS...
Verbena hybrida superba sparkling?
No need to feel sorry... Nice flowers and nice pics anyway!
Old man's beard is a rather vague denomination! Which of these 5 plants do you mean? Old man's beard - Wikipedia (I guess Clematis vitalba)
It so happens that the Sambucus nigra I planted 2 years ago was in replacement of a Portuguese laurel specimen which had grown to become...
I regularly remove dead or damaged leaves from my Phormium, using secateurs. Cut back as far as possible, as advised by @flounder .
Agree with previous replies: Penstemon 'Garnet'; synonym P. ‘Andenken an Friedrich Hahn’. I've had it in my garden for 25 years, when other...
Just photographed this specimen in my local GC today, not very enticing![ATTACH]
Pics of the day... [IMG][IMG][IMG][IMG] Erigeron glaucus at the front [IMG] Salvia 'blue note' at the front [IMG] Phormium tenax ‘Dark...
Close-ups of the day in the garden... [IMG] Mandevilla laxa, first bunch of flowers this season. Pure white flowers and a heavenly, exotic scent....
I'm afraid silver-leafed Senecio Angel Wings is often disappointing, after an initial great show. I personally avoid it.
Please note that Gaura has recently been renamed Oenothera. But it still goes under the Gaura name in nurseries and GCs.
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