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Could you give me the name of a good feed for box edging?

Ihave planted Red Robin last year and my question is what fertiliser to use on it can i use 10-10-20 as have this already for my lawn which was also sown last year.

It looked like my Griselinia hedge was a dead duck after losing 95% of it's leaves following the cold spell. But now I see very small green shoots coming all over the hedge. Is there anything I can feed now to give it a helping hand?

Can you tell me the best way to make garden compost. We are looking at one of those bins that rotate and make compost in 6 weeks.Are they any good.? We have had no luck with the old type composter.

Is Oct a good time to take Laurel hedge cuttings . I have about 50 meters of Laurel hedge planted four years ago and growing well, i need another 15/20 meters to finish a boundary. How do i take cuttings and grow them.

I have a rowan tree for about 10 yrs it flowers every yr but I never get berries. What is wrong?

I've 2 rhodendrums in pots side by side, one is perfect and healthy but on the other one over the past few weeks has slightly lost colour and it's bottom leaves have gone yellow. They are well fertilized and seaweed extract added regularly. I've checked for grubs and there does'nt seem to be any present.

I was given a lovely Amaryllis at Christmas, pale pink and white, two flowers emerged. Please advise if it will flower again or is it just a 'once off'.

I planted a beech hedge this Spring and in most parts the plants have grown ok (approx 3-4ft plants). I'm now wondering if I should feed the hedge before Winter.

I planted pink hydrangea last year.it is now bluey colour.i have all other colours except pink.how can i keep pink

i planted a mountain ash tree three years ago. the first year it produced red berries but since then it has failed to produced any berries.what is the reason for this?

I bought two White Hydrangea last July. I transplanted both into larger containers earlier this year using John Innes Multi Purpose compost. Now the flowers are becoming reddish around the edges & the leaves also. Should I use John Innes Ericaceous compost? If yes, do I remove all the old compost from around the root ball? I would like to keep the Hydrangeas in containers for another while.

My father lives in balbriggan, co dublin and planted a few holly bushes approx 8/9 years ago . This the first year he had berries or so he recalls . There was a large crop this year but all have seemed to have withered and died . Any idea why this would have happened?

I have two white clematis. Both have an abundance of leaves but no sign of flowering.

Hi Gerry. I have a well established holly tree (30+ years) but it has widely spaced branches with only light cover of leaves. It appears to be perfectly healthy. I'm wondering if I could grow a climber through it? I don't want to choke it but I do want to fill the gaps a bit because it's the one spot where I can be overlooked from the top of the double decker buses going by. I would prefer something which is at its best in mid summer. What would you suggest?