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    What are these, please?

    Thanks Marley - so all had better go. Out I head while it's not raining!
    Post by: gavintarrant, Jul 15, 2012 in forum: Identification Area
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    What are these, please?

    Hi - I suspect the 2 tall plants are weeds of some sort - I left them waiting for them to bloom so they might look nice or I might recognise them...
    Thread by: gavintarrant, Jul 15, 2012, 3 replies, in forum: Identification Area
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    Mutant Poppies?

    Ah ok thanks. I'll sleep peacefully now!
    Post by: gavintarrant, Jun 20, 2012 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Mutant Poppies?

    Hi - last year (as documented in these pages) I experienced the surprise arrival of Opium Poppies (Papaver somniferum) in my back garden after...
    Thread by: gavintarrant, Jun 19, 2012, 8 replies, in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Lovely plants my neighbours have

    That's brilliant. Thanks for the quick reply :) Gavin.
    Post by: gavintarrant, May 5, 2012 in forum: Identification Area
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    Lovely plants my neighbours have

    Hi - I've been looking for ideas for plants/ climbers that bring a bit of colour earlier in the year and that would work in our area and have seen...
    Thread by: gavintarrant, May 5, 2012, 7 replies, in forum: Identification Area
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    Confused by my Verbena

    Many thanks PeterS - I'll put this into action at the weekend :)
    Post by: gavintarrant, Apr 16, 2012 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Confused by my Verbena

    Many thanks for your feedback PeterS and Palustris. So next year being near Oxford in the South I should cut back early. What do you think I...
    Post by: gavintarrant, Apr 15, 2012 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Confused by my Verbena

    Hi to you all I planted 3 verbena bonariensis last year and they were great - blooming on and on and loved by the bees and butterflies. When...
    Thread by: gavintarrant, Apr 14, 2012, 6 replies, in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Lots of them - but what are they?

    Many thanks everyone - I'm off out to pull up the wonderfully named hairy bittercress. Gavin
    Post by: gavintarrant, Mar 11, 2012 in forum: Identification Area
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    Lots of them - but what are they?

    Hi - and Happy spring! I've got quite a lot of the 2 types attached springing up everywhere. I figured i'd let them get to a certain point where...
    Thread by: gavintarrant, Mar 11, 2012, 6 replies, in forum: Identification Area
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    Nature abhors a vacuum

    Hi - just to show it was a wild violet, here they are blooming away now! Thanks again Gavin.
    Post by: gavintarrant, Mar 11, 2012 in forum: Identification Area
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    Nature abhors a vacuum

    I'm happy with them - I'd just got the impression they were undesirables.
    Post by: gavintarrant, Jan 2, 2012 in forum: Identification Area
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    Nature abhors a vacuum

    Hi - we now have a bloom for No.2 (see attached) so it does look like Wild Violet after all. Does this mean pull up and destroy?regards Gavin.
    Post by: gavintarrant, Jan 2, 2012 in forum: Identification Area
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    Why won't my Hebe's grow?

    Thanks SpruceAt least it will look pretty even if the intention of being food for my bees and butterflies may fail. They'll have to feed on...
    Post by: gavintarrant, Sep 24, 2011 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Why won't my Hebe's grow?

    Thanks TrunkyHmm. I just came in from replanting and watering them. Without loosening the matted roots! I'm off to a muddy replant now!regards...
    Post by: gavintarrant, Sep 24, 2011 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Why won't my Hebe's grow?

    Thanks DimThey'll sulk even more now I've relegated them to a less important spot in the garden!I had similar from the lavender that look...
    Post by: gavintarrant, Sep 24, 2011 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Why won't my Hebe's grow?

    Hi SpruceIts a Heartbreaker which is supposed to grow to 0.75m and similar spread. But they are all still small. It's supposed to bloom in...
    Post by: gavintarrant, Sep 24, 2011 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Why won't my Hebe's grow?

    HiI bought 4 Hebe's about 6 months ago. I'd noticed they didn't seem to be growing, or blooming, but neither were they dying. I decided to...
    Thread by: gavintarrant, Sep 24, 2011, 10 replies, in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Caring for poppies

    Thanks Spruce - I'll get clearing. I love your story - nice to have them back when you'd thought they'd gone :)Gavin.
    Post by: gavintarrant, Sep 17, 2011 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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