Thanks for those thoughts. I'll put them on the list of possibilities.
I am currently clearing a small patch of ground in my garden - about 4' x 3'. It is on a south facing slope, and just to the east of it is a...
Not completely mad - but of course the best garden projects are all just a little bit mad! Not many people go for 'thinking big' when it comes...
Wow. That's some project, Kristen!
I've thought about it, and have decided that planting a shrub under that sycarmore was a daft idea. However, this thread has been...
Sheal, thanks for that. Lorna, Vincas not really the sort of thing I want. Potentilla fruticosa, on the other hand is an interesting...
Thanks for those comments. Rhododendron is an interesting idea. I find that they don't do that well with us, largely because of salt spray...
Hydrangeas. Hmmmm. There is an idea. Any particular reason why Hydrangeas might be a good bet? One of the shrubs I was wondering about was...
I'm considering planting a shrub in a moderately shady spot - under a spreading Sycamore, which means it gets only a little sun in summer months,...
Thank you for that. I've got a line of them covered with fleece and pinned down at the edges. With 46 mph winds forecast to arrive in a few...
As I have posted elsewhere (http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/general-gardening-discussion/31734-helping-frost-damaged-hebe-blue-gem.html) I lost...
Thanks very much.S. palustris fits nicely, even though that bit of the garden is not exactly a marsh, nor is it by a stream. However, I...
Thanks, all. I think that Armandii might well be right.I've done an image search on Google, and the pics of Stachys sylvatica look very, very...
We've got some of these growing in our garden. I'm assuming that it is a weed, rather than a plant that was cultivated some time in the past....
I used to live in a house in central Scotland with a garden which contained a patch of raspberries. They were completely neglected, but bore a...
Update:Well, as suspected, my Hebes were dead. However, it looks like I'll get 6 or 7 plants out of the clippings and self-seeded plants - a...
Thanks, Victoria.I don't think it would survive up here on west coast of Scotland. However, if I had a conservatory, I'd be very tempted to...
Update:No sign of life in my Hebes.However,1) Last autumn, I gave them a trim. I managed to pick up most of the clippings and put...
I saw this plant on holiday in Bormes in the south of France. It doesn't look particularly special, but the scent was wonderful. Any idea what...
Thanks for that. I'll wait a few weeks.I guess that I would be right in assuming that if I cut them back, new sprouts could come from the...
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