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Gardening
Hi guys, single blade or double blade?? Any views.
Double blade is the most common in lower power machines...why single blade in the petrol powered?...
I have a Hydrangia Petiolaris there for about five years, as I read that it would thrive and flower well on a shady wall. Well it certainly does thrive, it grows like a mad thing! But sadly it doesnt...
I want to put up a fence with a gate in it across my drive. It will have to be attached to the house at one end. What do I need to do that? Thanks in advance.
Hi - the lower leaves on my young honeysuckle plants (6months in our garden) are turning yellow, then mottled brown then dropping off. New leaves at the top of the 6ft palnts are looking good. They...
Morning all... :-) Can anyone recommend a half-decent mower, please. I've got a bog standard Flymo (the hover sort) but it doesn't really do the job very well. I think it's more to do with the grass...
Can anyone tell me please if I have to leave the dead flowers on my plants or do I have to cut them off. As next year I am wanting to replant them into another part of the garden as they have outgrown...
There's a tree growing locally which has produced a crop of small pear like fruit. The flesh is tan coloured and has a pleasant appley aroma. Any idea what it is?
I have had Orchids for years and think I know how to look after them ok. I know they drop their flowers, then they come back etc and they dont like too much water etc. I always have a bottle of...
I have put in some winter pansies, but something is eating/or attacking them from the root up. Any suggestions? Or what can I do? Thanks for any help.
Recently i've been waking up to find the gardens earth turned over which doesn't sound like a bad think but it is when it includes all my veg and flowers. I awoke yesterday to find the earth still...
Does anyone on here have any suggestions for climbers for very poor, sandy soil? I have 'googled' but there are only a few suggestions and I have to search through loads of sites.
Many thanks....
Took out old roses in the spring.
Can I plant new tea roses in the same place now? How would I need to prepare the ground?
Thanks...
When layering strawberries do I cut it off from the main plant or leave it attached while it roots? Thanks in anticipation.
I want to relocate some gladioli for next year. I've dug up some with the intention of putting them were I want them. However, I thought it was perhaps better to bag them and replant the corms next...
Anyone tried growing peppers with the seeds out of the sweet peppers that you buy in the shops? I know its the wrong time of year but I have been collecting seeds from things growing in my garden...
Sorry I asked this question before but got the name of the plant completely wrong. I have a Aucuba japonica in my garden, its been there for years and has always looked lovely but now quite a lot of...
We have a very large I think its called a codiaeum (Croton) in our garden and some of the leaves and stems have started to go black. Does anyone know what I can do to cure this problem. Thank you.
I live in Scotland (that place attached to the UK) and would like to know if there is an optimum month to prune a 'roddy' please?
I would like some glass candle holders with open lids for use in the garden - any ideas, please?
Is there any easy way to identify a Acer. We have one, which is growing upwards probably about 10ft high now. Was planted Jan 07 probably about 6ft then, so grown approx 4ft in 4 years. I would like...