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Pruning Silver Birch and Bay Leaf Tree
HI I looking to see how much it would cost to have a silver birch and a bay leaf tree trimmed and shaped. I liver in Bedford and looking for quotes
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Japanese Barberry Question?
I have a couple of these Japanese Barberry plants in the front garden however, every time i google for Information about them i get news about them being banned in the United States for harbouring ticks and being a Lyme Disease risk etc. With recent news about deadly Chinese ticks i'm getting a bit worried if they could…
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Mushrooms
Can anyone identify this mushroom that I found growing in a pot of Salvias? They must've come up overnight as I didn't see them yesterday when I watered the pot.
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Plant identification please
Hi everyone, ive been given this plant can anyone identify it for me. Big thanks in advance for your help.
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Hydrangea advice please
Almost on impulse I've bought a couple of very nice, 2ft high hydrangea plants in pots. Deep blue 'mophead' variety. I need some colour in my garden to extend beyond August so they certainly fit the bill. Now comes the difficult bit! I'm now floundering, trying to decide whether to put them straight into the borders or…
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Link a board
Hi, This may have an old thread but I want to get a high raised bed to grow vegetables without breaking my back 50/60cm high. I was thinking of treated wood or decking but then saw link a board. Has anyone tried them? What are the pros and cons?
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Salix Helvetica
Do any experienced gardeners grow this in their gardens ? I have a question regarding its habit once pruned - i've had mine in the ground for 4 years, it's under a metre tall and i want to keep it that way, it grows perfectly, is a prized specimen and on the 2 occasions i've pruned it the same stem has died entirely back.…
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Aronia berries
Can't figure out the reason for the fact that my aronia bush produced loads of berries last year and literally every single one vanished just as they got ripe and I couldnt get any for myself to eat. This year - same bush/same garden - and loads of berries again and they're ripe again - and literally not one single one…
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Blackberry leaves
I have a recently planted Merton thornless blackberry which has settled well except there is some mottling of the leaves. Having googled this I'm quite worried as some diseases would necessitate the destruction of the plant. I'll see if I can post a close up of a couple of stems that I've removed. Thanks
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Portuguese Laurel experts needed.
Hi, Bought a new house. The landscapers planted some Portuguese Laurel at the front of my house which are now about 2 to 3 feet high, but didn't plant anything to hedge off my rear garden.....They have planted the Portuguese Laurel about 30cm apart. I have a small 2 or 3 metre section of garden where I'd like to put a row…
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Pest, disease, too dry or just one of those things
3 years ago I brought some Gaillardia Arizona as tray plants - Used in various beds they have been excellent, flowering March to October ( when I cut them back ) they seem to be pest free, the bees love them and there is usually over a bucket a week in deadheads - But every year, usually from July onward, bits of some…
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Another Leylandii problem!!
Have had to get the tree people in to deal with a neighbour's line of Leylandii hedging whose branches were overshadowing the back of my garden. Have had the thing cut right back to the boundary but this has left me with a multitude of quite large cut branch surfaces which looks unappealing. Very starkly white against the…
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Has anyone bought a lawnmower that they could recommend?
Hi folks,I need to buy a lawnmower,I want a corded rotatary mower and I will spend no more than £150 and would love one a lot cheaper if possible.I did have a flymo but I'm thinking about going to a wheeled model this year,I have a feeling that a lot of mowers are cheaply made compared to 10 years ago when I go my last…
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Are they Courgettes?
Was given a couple of courgette plants (just gone on a spare patch of earth) - the fruit on the middle pic is about twice the size of a tennis ball and the lower one almost football size - they have never been the diameter of ones grown in previous years - are they really a type of courgette?
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What’s happening to my bumblies?
I’m not sure if this is the right forum but I’m hoping some knowledgeable gardeners may be able to explain why the bumble bees in my garden are dying? I have three massive lavender plants which are abuzz with bumblebees but am getting very distressed at finding lethargic and dying bees clinging to the flowers. I’m hoping…
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How much or how to?
Hi everyone, I wanted to ask if anyone could shed some light on this. A while ago, I pulled some shrubs out from a long patch of grass next to the driveway. This keeps growing back with long grass and weeds. I've tried several times to kill this off, but whatever I try, nothing seems to work. Is there a cost effective way…
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Grass improver and weed killer
With the feel of autumn already and the garden sort of made, soon I can work on the lawn.Can anyone recommend a weed and feed for it? It's 90% Selfheal/dandylion/clover and grass with a bit of various others. I don't want it perfect but I would like to have more green grass. I've tried weeding by hand but it's not working.…
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Weeding and putting new lawn down
Evening all, I have roughly a 120sq meter garden, the plan is to stick gravel down and the a lawn for 80sqm. Whats the easiest, quickest way to de-weed and get a new lawn. Cant decide between turf or seed. Which one is better this time of year, what's the normal trade off in cost and which one is easier to do (not a…
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Lawn weed identification
I was wondering if someone could identify this small purple flowered weed that's been popping up in my lawn over the past few years.
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Wasps
Found out the hard way that wasps can get mad when disturbed. Tbh wasn't sure if they were wasps popping out of a hole in my garden border until I got too close and was stung! Anyone have a non toxic way of helping me move these critters along? 🐝
