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Thorny Plant Suitable For Container?
I have a gap in the fence filled by a large troth container with a gooseberry bush in the troth. Unfortunately something or someone had climbed over and flattened the gooseberry bush. I would like to put something dangerous in it's place but i don't know if the usual spiky hedges are suitable as container plants such as…
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Screening in pots
Hi all, We're overlooked from a 1st floor window at the back and want to plant something at the rear to give us some cover. It would need to grow to 3-4m. We want an evergreen hedge/tree and googling gives me various options like laurel and photinia, possibly bamboo. The thing is they would need to be in pots - can…
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Are there any issues with vines on houses?
Hello Everyone, I live in the city in a very built up area. I love plants and stuff or any greenery. I have these vines on my house. Please see picture below. I love them and let them grow. I trim them from time to time. https://snag.gy/GFy6WD.jpg However, I am wondering if there is any potential issues with having vines…
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Seasonal gardening reductions in stores
Thought this thread might be useful to others. Please post any seasonal reductions you spot. For instance, approx 3 wèeks ago in £land , lots of shrubs and summer flowering bulb and plant packs were on sale at 50p. I bought buddliea and deutzia....both doing well, also blueberry....no signs of life at all. Today in ALDI I…
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Need bedding plants - what and where to buy?
Hey Gardeners, Very novice gardener here. We haven't really had a garden for the last 18 months but have a new patio and am tackling the main garden for weeds and whatnot. That leaves me with 2 long bedding areas; probably 2 foot wide by 10 meters long. Just pure soil now. I'd like to get them looking nice but literally no…
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How can I kill off tree stumps please
As title really, I had some trees cut down and now the stumps have branches / twigs spouting out of them again. I don't want them growing and would like to get rid. They are hardwood trees. Any advice please
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Jersey Royals
I today purchased so jersey royal potatoes from my local supermarket that were greatly reduced as nobody wanted them to 35p and thought it worth a punt to see what they tasted like. In my opinion they greatly overestimated and have been associated by a lot of Bu***hit surrounded by them as I consider they taste the same as…
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Which hose reel?
Hi, We have quite a long garden and recently bought a 30m stainless steel hose pipe. Does anyone have any suggestions for a reel that would fit it? We did try one but the nozzle wouldn't fit through.
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Mini indoor greenhouse - recommnend me a plant!
I've just picked up a mini pyramid greenhouse from a charity shop, like the one here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Garden-Style-24-111-Pyramid-Greenhouse/dp/B00BMUFB6U I plan to hang it in the bathroom so am looking for a plant that is (and stays) quite small plus would enjoy humid conditions. It won't be in bright sunlight.…
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Potatoes in sacks
1st time by this method - 3 or 5 per sack, growing well, but jungly. Many lush stems are taller than me, some snapping, tumbling over. Don't I want less above ground, for better crop below? 1st flowers appearing. Past garden practice was to let normal foliage die down, post-flowering, before digging. Comments and advice…
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Best Grass Seed
Been researching and it baffling with the 'best' grass seed to purchase to create a new lawn. I am looking for the following characteristics but it may have to be a compromise. Low maintenance, low susceptibility to weeds and disease Slow growing, so don't need to mow it often Low water requirements, ideally just watered…
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Putting In Decking. Poison Ground?
Planning to put a bit of decking in over some stones. It fairly regularly sees weeds, so thinking I should water in some poison a few days before putting it in. Is there anything else I should do? Thanks!
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Cleavers, Sticky Willy, or Galium Aparine
There's been a huge increase in this weed throughout my area of Devon this year. I wonder if others have observed similar rampantness? It's been widespread for long time and very successful in normal years, without drawing too much attention to itself, but I can't account for the dramatic difference this year. It doesn't…
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Earwigs
Has anyone had or have experience of getting rid of earwigs in your garden? I went into the garden the other night to find 100's of the blasted things all over my plants. We spent years battling slugs/snail infestations and have only just managed to get on top of that, only to now have a new pest devouring our garden.…
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Health rose bush - leaves going yellow?
Hi All, Please could anyone confirm why a newly planted rose bush might have started turning yellow? I planted 2 rose bushes in good quality compost (J Arthur Bowers multi-purpose compost with 4-6 wk feed) about 3 weeks ago...its healthy and has lots of buds but have noticed the lower level leaves are turning yellow? Any…
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Disappearing Alliums!
During the spring of 2018 we planted around 30 alliums (mostly Purple Sensation) amongst a similar number of box balls/pyramids on a well-drained, slightly sloping site in our new-to-us garden. That first summer they flowered and all was well. This spring only approximately 18 of the alliums came up, which was obviously…
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Help needed: Laurel plants
Hi, Please could any of the "Greenfinger" experts give me a little advice....I have 7ft Laurel bushes that have been growing very well but have limited soil depth in the area where they were planted due to previous owner laying grass/borders over a concrete path. The way I've got round this is by building "raised" borders…
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Help with gooseberries
My 4 red gooseberries have been decimated by what I think is gooseberry sawfly (never saw any, but looking at pictures they've definitely been eaten and the damage looks identical). My fault, I suppose, health hasn't been brilliant and I didn't check on them as I normally do. Not a single leaf remains; just the stalks of…
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Anti-Burglar Bush!
I had a face looking through my window at 3.00 am a few days ago which has made me motivated to try and put an obstacle on the dirt outside to prevent this sort of tampering. I wanted to plant something like a Berberis (Japanese Barberry) or Pyracantha but my cousin reckons planting anything that close to the house will…
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Moving shrubs/trees
We are planning to have a patio area and some raised beds put in our garden as well as possibly pushing back the strangely very large, deep border, it's currently about 6 meters deep and i reckon I could keep a cow in there and lose it for a week in the shrubs. We will take the opportunity to put some drainage in whilst at…
