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Blueberry plants cuttings
Hi All I bought 2 blueberry plants last autumn. I would like 2 more,. Should I take cuttings from the ones I have already or buy 2 more?
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Type of Hydrangea
I am concerned that I may wrongly pruned one of my hydrangea plants as it appears different to all the mophead varieties I have. Can someone view the attached image and advise me as to the variety. All my mopheads have flowered vigorously this year, however this odd plant has only had two flowers on it and I suspect…
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Advice about incorrect pruning of greengage or plum tree
I wish I had checked this before but as they say hindsight is a wonderful thing. Our new home has a wonderful tree in the front garden, the owner said a greengage. Wanting to make sure I look after everything properly I checked with a qualified arborist about maintaining the trees. He seems very professional and only…
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Garlic propagation
Growing garlic for the first time this month and thinking ahead. Expecting a bumper crop next summer!! (hopefully) would I use one of the bulbs grown to be used for another crop next year or is it best to buy new bulb?
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Lawn
Hi All, see below pics. Firstly my son plays football on the grass and we own a dog so I am not expecting perfect grass. But you can see in the pics below its gone very patchy. It was a newly laid lawn about 8 years ago, the drainage is superb (maybe too good). What do you recommend I can do to revive it next year. The…
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Jet spray/hose? Muddy path.
Hi. Not only is my old hose more than a bit battered it also doesn´t fit on the taps in a new house. Has anyone got any recommendations for a hose that I can attach to different kinds of taps? A requirement would be that is has to be really long (or is there one where you can actually attach mid section to make it longer…
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Ideas please
The alternating heat and heavy rain means that the bramble in our communal garden has gone crazy. It inhabits a patch of about 4 sq metres between a yew tree at one end and a holly and a huge ash at the other end. The holly seems to have either suckered or layered itself - I can’t tell which until I can clear a bit more)…
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Gardening advice planting some bushes
Hello! I wonder if someone could help me. My house does not have a garden, however it does have a flowerbed at the very front, which is 300cm x 40cm. It previously had a manner of random out of control bushes in, some of which were very thorny, so I removed the whole lot and my plan was to put a nice row of plants in. I…
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Cordless (battery powered) lawnmowers
Anyone got any experience with these they can share?
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New Allotment - Help on number of plants to grow
Hello All. Sorry for the long post. So after a wait of 2 and a half years I've finally got my hands on an allotment. I've had it now for about 7 weeks, during which time I've been clearing the weeds, spreading manure, and covering with black plastic sheets to be ready for next year. I've a small veg garden at home which…
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Overgrown Buddleia outside my windows of flat and managing agents..
Hello I hope that someone could advise regarding the above . The top 2 pics are downloaded from the internet showing the flat prior to me moving in sometime later . It's my first time uploading pics on mse so I may dig out more recent ones shortly. Anyway, the issue I have is that there is massive overgrown Buddleia…
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Tulip bulb supplier recommendations
Can anyone recommend a supplier of tulip bulbs please?
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Rats from neighbours garden
At the fence at the bottom of my garden is a house which stands about 50 metres below us. They have done nothing with it for 2 years, (they used have a company in twice a year to strim it, but no longer bother even with this).I am fighting a losing battle with weeds coming through and an infestation of rats - they have at…
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West Facing Garden
Hi all, I am looking to buy the house as shown on the attached google maps image (shown in the middle of image marked red). Am I right in thinking the garden is west facing and if so what time of day could I expect to get sun in the garden. Any help much appreciated. Mark
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Ideas Please for plants for a green roof for a shed
I am creating a green roof for my shed - I would like suggestions for plants , from anyone who has tried it . Thank you
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Acanthus
I have a big stand of acanthus. It clearly loves my garden - except that this year it looks a little worse for wear and something has been eating the leaves. I assume it’s caterpillars. I wonder if I should have been feeding it. The flowers have made seed heads - do I cut them down? Do I cut down the stems withe leaves…
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Root Pruning shrubs in pots
I've heard about it, seen it and looked on the net and it looks straightforward.But it's scarey not wanting to kill a favourite plant and I wondered if anyone has any advice, hints or tips please. I have a Magnolia Stellata and a conical Bay tree. I can't accommodate them in the garden or pots that are any bigger. There is…
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Artificial grass - Opinions - Do I need hardcore MOT and timber frame or just galvanised nails
Hi all, We are after installing artificial grass for our small garden 5 x 8 meters. I was quoted different prices ranging from 600 to 1800 for this job!! My question is : Do I need to have rough sand on hardcore MOT and weed membrane abefore putting artificial grass? It is necessary to have wooden timber frame before…
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Do i need more than one of these for hedge?
I have seen this plant as a hedge on the perimeter of a large factory and i notice it is quite a beast with huge thorns and spikey leaves, after research i found it to be Berberis Juilianae (Chinese barberry). I would love to grow this at my elderly mums house under her window as she worries about people getting through…
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Anti-Intruder Hedge For Shade?
My Pyracantha hedges are not doing well in the shady side of the garden although they are a great intruder proof box hedge over on the sunny side with Red and Yellow berries. I would love something Intruder proof on the shady side to form a hedge, Hawthorn and Blackthorn have been suggested by a private garden centre owner…
