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Hi I have some garden steps and something has been eating the steps, is there anything I can do to prevent it, it looks like something has been gnawing away at it, cant think what as no pets, maybe...
Some weeks ago, I bought a couple of what I thought was sweet pepper plants, which had a label depicting the familiar rounded fruits. They have now produced several tiny peppers on each plant but they...
I am thinking of buying a robot lawn mower, a Husqvarna 105. All the literature that I have so far read emphasises the positive aspects of a robot mower, but I wonder if there are any negative...
How to get rid of old grass weed...
I am trying to grow an avocado and it says it likes humus. ( Well the seed didn't actually say it the instructions did ) I have Googled it and no one seems to agree what the heck it is Can I just...
Please if you can, I thought they were self set geraniums as they were near where I had some last year and the leaves looked just like those of a geranium. But the leaves that have grown further up...
Hi all. Every year this plant grows very fast and to a great height with tall stems and purple flowers. The bees love the flowers and swarm all over it! Around early Autumn the plant dies off. This...
My Cordyline, which is about 8 or 9 years old, has flowered for the first time this year. The flower stalk is growing out of the very top where the new leaves usually appear. Will it start to grow...
Normally, I would grow these from seed but this year I bought some from a garden centre which had been grown in pots, approx 4-5 in 3 inch pots. When I tried to separate the plants, I discovered that...
We've recently had a stretch of bamboo removed from the side of our garden which gets sun in the morning and early afternoon. The ground isn't very good at the moment, though I'm planning to have it...
Further to all your help yesterday I have now installed my clematis in a large wooden planter, pebbles at the bottom as advised, John Innes compost and bark chips on the top. Well watered and have put...
I need to get a planter for this clematis and hope to train it up my boundary fence, this is a offshoot from a plant I had at a previous house, it's now about 2ft high and has flowered recently, I'd...
I bought several azalea plants last autumn and all look well, except that the one to come into bud first still has no flowers and the buds that have started to open look white, but I did not buy a...
Any recommendations please for pretty smallish (4-5ft) minimal care bush/shrub/small tree for the centre of a north facing round flower bed, floral would be good but not essential. The soil is...
I am looking for a couple of trees that will not get too wide. The height don't matter but I want evergreen and something that the birds will like. any suggestions?...
I have just one Dicentra plant, which I wish to increase, so I'm wondering, should I propagate by seed or division.
Anyone had any luck with it ?...
Where's the sticky thread for gardening queries, please?
Is it too early to plant bedding now? Is there a plant I can use that will bloom til September?:-)...
I’m about to throw all my herbs out. My house is full of tiny flies from the herbs. I’ve tried yellow stick paper and watering at the roots only but they have just gotten worse. Any tips for next...
I am looking for a change this year to my usual Moneymaker seed. Can anyone recommend seeds that will produce a nice, sweet, medium size tomato which is also resistant to disease. Thank you.
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