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Kiwis

I have two kiwi plants planted side by side which have grown profusely for the 4 or 5 years they have been there. I know that, in order to have fruit, a male and a female plant are required and this...

Raine_Storme

Garden Flood Damage: Rasberries

Our neighborhood flooded this year towards the beginning of May, and most of my garden was submerged (My rhubarb, a huge old plant, grew a seed head, and that was the only part of it that was...

maggiemcgill

Help Keep A Yucca Alive!

I have had a plant (I'm pretty sure that it is a yucca) for about 5 years, I've managed to keep him going, but just as he starts to perk up a bit the tips on the leaves start to go brown. Has it has...

cliffy2003

Gardeners Delight

Ive been told not to remove the side shoots from my Gardeners Delight tomto plants, evidently to make them produce more. Does this sound right?

danval

freesias

how to grow them

debros12

alstroemeria

in november last year my alstromerias were still flowering profusely i cut them back to give them a rest did i do the right thing ,they seem to be ok.

m bull

clematis

i have a ciematis in flower which is suddenly dyeing is there anything i could do to stop it

iheartruby

Cherry tree branches slumped!

I planted a cherry tree early summer 2006 and it grew well until recently - the branches have developed baby/green cherries and they are all slumped/very floppy - is it the weight of the cherries or...

Jules001

Gallica rose

several years ago I bought a beautiful deep red, very fragrant Gallica Rose (can't remember the name of it!), I had always tended to steer clear of roses as I am confused about the pruning side of...

janela

pear tree

I think my pear tree has pear leaf blister mite, any suggestions for getting rid of this problem

wendypol

Acanthus

I have had an acanthus plant for 3 years now and although it makes good leaf growth,so far no flower spikes. It is planted in a sunny position and is fairly well sheltered. Anyone any ideas what I can...

hardy49

Tomato plants

We have just noticed that,whilst they are growing well,the lower leaves on our tomato plants are curling up and dying.Also,some of them have brown markings on the leaves.We know the lower leaves do...

Estell

plum tree

my plum tree blossomed and some what looked like stones shrivelled up appeared - now they have dropped off is this normal? I've never had plums before so don't know what to do (I have 2 of them)...

herbie

cow boy cactus

Sorry if anyone has read this in the home section i didint see gardening bit when i posted it but here goes again. I bought 3 cowboy cacti roughly 6 months ago,2 was for freinds and theres havent...

AIMEE1072

impatience

how far apart do i plant imatience flowers?

bridgetmark

freesias?

have you any tips about growing freesia?

michaelw

cordyline plant

We live on the east coast of Scotland how do we care for the cordyline plant all year round

Peyroulou

Tree identification

I am trying to identify a tree which has purple flowers (somewhat like a horsechestnut) (flowering now) with leaves like a Mimosa or Albizia and in autumn (and throughout winter) has orange fruit/seed...

davidmarley3

Garden secateurs

Bought from Lidl with Paget Trading Ltd Model No.Z12535

oops!!!

Botyris

I have a grey bloom on my honeysuckle.It looks like botyris.Does anyone know of the treatment to get rid of it before it spreads? Many thanks in advance Abers

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