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Little Black Flies?

Help... I have two plants in my living room, they are both fairly healthy and are growing, etc. But, I keep finding little black flies either flying around the plants, dead on the window sill or...

barber

potentilla cutting ?

is it possible to take cuttings from a potentilla if so how is it done

hazelcs

rose or sucker

Do roses have 5 or 7 leaves as i cant decide if my silver wedding rose has nearly died and the sucker has taken over

Misky

I have a rosemary bush in a pot and at the minute it's fit and healthy, and smelling fab. Should I prune it for the Winter? If so, how far back should I go:? The gardening books I have don't mention...

ajf

Standard roses

I have a stanard rose bush that is now three years old. In this time it has produced very few flowers and this year in particular has grown very tall. I have pruned this rose each spring and this year...

vivandorron

Hot Water .

Help me please. I want an insulating jacket to replace a very old one on my domestic hot water cylinder. Local DIY stores no longer appear to stock such an item and my efforts to purchase one 'on...

tiger1958

petrol/oil mix for mc calloch cabrio 246 strimmer

could you please tell me what the petrol/oil ratio for the mc calloch cabrio 246 garden strimmer would be thank you peter hamilton

whyme

moth.

Ref to Doves post, does anyone know the proper name for the moth that hovers like a humming bird?

glenbarr

Fuschias

For the first year my Fuschias have hardly flowered at all. Does anyone have any idea why this should be? I am beginning to wonder if it is because I have moved from Kent to Leicestershire, perhaps...

scouse1979

Mercked or merced

Don't go to Urban Dictionary. I've been there. What does 'merced' or 'mercked' mean? Rio Ferdinand kept saying it on his world cup show. I need to know.

heraldo

lavender bush

hi, i bought 2 lavenders at the begining of spring, and they have done really well untill recently, when i noticed that one of them is dying.i have watered correctly and cut back when flowers were...

Rainbow

How do you look after monkey puzzle trees?

I have got 4 which I have grown from seed. They are about 2 inches in height. Do I have to do anything special to keep them? I seem to remember reading somewhere that you have to bring them indoors...

Kozmic Blues

Is This What Happens??

When a butterfly gets old!! do they loose their colour & why do they loose it?? A picture i took of a butterfly i thought was old!! http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e288/fitzer0 6/DSC00253.jpg

woolleysheep

spiders

I have got an epedemic of spiders in the garden is there anything i can do to get rid of them

babscartland

begonias

I have wot looks like white meldew all over my begonia leaves. Any thoughts?

shivvy

bird identification

I was walking in a field which has a marshy area in the centre of it. Just as I came close to the wet area, 6-8 birds flew up out of the grass. I would like to identify them. They looked light brown...

stiltskin

birds of prey

a sparrowhawk keeps attacking birds in the garden, is there a way i can deter this?

suzy64

Bay tree

I have a 12 year old bay tree in my garden, this year some of the leaves have gone yellow, is it dying? the rest of it looks healthy enough, it's approx 12ft tall, maybe more...any help would be much...

pmc1888

Hydrangea

i planted 4 hydrangea's in my garden 3 years ago (from B&Q, ready flowered), the past 2 seasons, i have had only TWO flowers. what am i doing wrong with them? they do grow leaves, but are all...

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