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Invasive weed or wildflower.
Hello, I cannot stop looking at these in my un-mowed patch of lawn. Can anyone tell me what it is? I have googled it and keep seeing Fox and Cubs but not sure. Invasive weed or wildflower? Either way I do not want to mow it down as it is rather beautiful. When fully open it is a bright orange colour.
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Reusing plastic pots....
I have never washed out used plastic pots before using them again. Should I wash them to reduce the risk of spreading diseases?
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Weather and black spot
Hi everyone i hope you are having the same fabulous weather we are having in Dorset. I have some lovely roses in containers and I’ve noticed they’ve got a bit of black spot. Can anyone recommend the best treatment for it. I know there are commercial sprays but I don’t know enough about it to just buy something or find…
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New allotment, what winter crops can still go in?
I have unexpectedly come to the top of the list for a local allotment and am off to view a plot on Sunday. Assuming we can get some beds prepared quickly (apparently the plot they are splitting is quite overgrown as the previous tenant became unwell), does anyone have suggestions as to what winter crops I can still get in…
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From overgrown bomb site to perfect lawn. Steps needed?
Hi all, I am currently in the process of clearing my very, very overgrown garden, but would like to end up with a nice lawn. I am clearing a lot of ivy, stinging nettles etc, and had to dig out some clumping bamboo (It only took ten hours! : ) and I still need to remove some small trees and stumps etc, but I am slowly…
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Poppies
I used to have poppies - big with gorgeous bright red flowers - that have moved with me several times. This year they are a sort of faded red with even paler, not quite white, margins to the petals. What has happened? If I plant seeds that I saved from last year are they likely to come up true?
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Repointing paving stones
Hi all, I'm currently looking to repoint the flagstones in the back garden. My question is, do I need to get up all of the current pointing, or just the ones that are cracked/gappy? Will just doing certain bits then have a big contrast after repointing? I'd then be looking to paint all paving with a patio paint after if…
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Garden Wildlife - of the larger variety
Not sure if this is the right place to post, please move if not. We are in the suburbs, but right on the edge. So we're next door to a farm (also in the suburbs, but with land behind it) and also back onto one of their fields. I think I saw a rat the other week, which worried me, but no other sightings since. But we did…
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What is this gorgeous flower
I was shopping yesterday evening in Waitrose and there was a vase with some of these in customer services. I asked a member of staff what they were and where could I get one. Sadly he didn’t know. I carried on shopping and the lovely man came up to me with this and presented it to me as a gift. I think it is a peony but…
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Help with identification - ash or rowan
Hi, found this growing in a pot with my Xmas rose. It's as tall as me. No idea how it got here but maybe the birds brought it. Love the ferny looking leaves. Wondering whether to keep it and move it in the autumn once I get the conifer removed. It's in the ground now but in the wrong location. I quite fancy a rowan but an…
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Can I cut back a Clematis Montana?
I have a very old ( over 30 years ) spring flowering Clematis. It is now really ragged and tangled but I have always been told not to prune it too hard. It's now at the point where I have been thinking of getting rid of it and planting a new one but if I cut it right back to near the base do you think I could save it? If…
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Using a boom sprayer for kurtail?
I'm going to buy some kurtail to try and tackle my horsetail situation on my driveway. Application says by boom sprayer - but all these ones I've looked at are pretty expensive. Is a normal pressure sprayer for weeds etc ok? Or can anyone recommend a reasonably priced boom sprayer that would be ok?
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What is the name of this tree please? Can it damage my house?
I bought my house about 3 years ago and it came with a relatively big tree in the garden. The house was built in 2014 so I assume the tree was planted by the original owners about 9 years ago. In the 3 years that I have owned the house I don't think it has grown further (I hope). I have estimated it's about 6 meters tall,…
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Everything Covered in Shiny Stuff !!!!!
Everything in my garden and even my garden furniture and the car is covered in a hard shiny substance....just as if sugared water has been jet sprayed every where. All my plants are fine but any idea what it could be..?? I googled "honey dew" but these aphids would have to have a crop dusting plane :D Thanks
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Strimmer wire
How do I know which way my strimmer wire goes? It's an older Black n Decker, petrol strimmer that I have recently acquired. It's a double wire, so will both wires wrap in the same direction? Edit, I wound it round clockwise on one way, but it didn't come out when a clicked the ground. Maybe one wire is sufficient?
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Selling a tree?
Hello. We have a very nice Acer in our back garden, which goes red every autumn. Sadly it needs to come out as we are very limited in space and need room for the kids to play. It seems a shame just to cut it down, and it would cost £1000+ to buy a similar example from a tree stockist. It's about 15 feet high, give or take.…
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Mountfield M28M - How to disconnect grass catcher still run so that my roller can be fitted ?
I have this Mountfield M28M which will not start if I disconnect grass catcher (as design). But I want to connect my heavy lawn roller after removing catcher and run around my lawn. At the moment if I disconnect grass catcher my ride-on will not start! It looks like some sensor/safety mechanism is making sure catcher bag…
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Does anybody recognise this type of iris?
Does anybody recognise this type of iris please?
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Front Garden Ideas
Hi everyone, We bought this house a year ago and we're finally getting round to tackling the outside. At previous rented properties with gardens in disrepair I've very much enjoyed growing a lawn from scratch. However, we're not too sure what direction to go in with our front garden. As you can see it's previously just had…
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What happens to newts if i move home.
My other half has become mentally ill and paranoid about new neighbours who have moved in and she begged me to move house and sell up. I want to do this for the sake of her mental state but I do worry about my garden and pond full of newts, a new owner could fill it in and cut down my trees. It is a bad situation and a…
