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I am looking for a plant called the Pride of Maderia (Echium candicans), can I buy some of them from you?

I want to move my agapanthus from the front garden into the rear garden. When is the best time to move them also can I divide them up as they are in a big clump?

I have an Arum Lily that I separated and moved two years ago. Since then it has not flowered but looks quite healthy otherwise. Do you have any suggestions what I could do with it for next year?

Border Plants along a back wall - Lavender, climbing sweet pea & other evergreen climber were thriving but now have stopped growing completely and leaves are eaten (not from edged but more lace like). I had replanted a rhododendron from other end of border closer to the affected side - would this have caused a problem? no evidence of bugs on leaves though.

I planted everlasting sweetpea seeds in March indoors. Planted them out in early July. Some of them are twelve inches tall attached to some trellis. I am aware that they do not flower the first year but my question is what do I do with them when the frost comes. Do I cut them closer to ground level and do I cover them?

Where can I buy the following Spring bulbs please i think our dwarf plum tree might be diseased..we haven't had any leaves so far this year and the buds all look like there is a swelling just beneath - last week I noticed a kind of sap oozing out of them but this appears to be dried up now but the buds don't seem to be developing at all..Early Snowdrop - Galanthus olgae-reginae and Spring Snowflake - Leucojum vernum

Have a cobblelock path around house and had problems with moss last year. Scraped out moss and sprayed with roundup and came up very well, This year have a new weed and dont know how to treat, much harder to clear than the moss and looking for how to treat as spreading rapidly.

This lovely plant is growing wild at the bottom of the garden and I'm wondering if I can move it into the garden proper.

this plant suddenly appeared; I think it may have hitch-hiked in on the Stipa it's right beside. It's about 3-4 ft tall, with sparse, lance-like leaves. Thank you!

I have two different types of stipa - feathertail and golden oats - can i divide these and when? also do they need feeding and when?

I am interested in growing medicinal herbs and of course ginseng is the holy grail of these. I am aware that the root can only be harvested after 10 years and that it tends to grow naturally in shady woody elevated areas, so my question(s) are can i buy the plant here and would it grow in say the wicklow mountains essentially planting it and walking away ?

Can I divide primulas in August?

Setting up a small wildflower patch in my city garden....thought it was pink cow parsley but might be pink hogweed. Very pretty...should I encourage it in my wildflower garden or get rid of ? How can I be sure it is hogweed ?

i have a large bed full of perennials that as they've grown i've realised are not in the correct positions i.e. taller ones in the front and colour combinations not working.. when could i take them all out and reposition them? i would also like to divide some of them while i have them out of the ground but this is not essential. many of the plants are only one or two years old.. CAN i actuallly divide them when they are still so young?

My Sweet Pea have grown over 7ft tall and are difficult to manage, is it possible to cut them by 1/3 and will this encourage new growth