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Can you please tell me the name of this shrub and any tips on care?
I'm looking for advice on what type of plants I should plant in my border. It's facing the sea, about 100 meters away! and Easterly in direction, so exposed to all manner of breezes and gales. I am thinking about heather, saxifraga, aubretia at the very edge and at the back some erysimum, hoping to have these in over the weekend. and filling the space between with pansy and viola. But what do I do in the summer?? and are these plants going to survive the sea and wind??
I've planted some Asiatic and Oriental lilies bulbs in pots and I wonder if I can leave them in the shed until they start growing or is it better to leave them outside?
I have 2 dozen lupins from this year's seeds, in a cool greenhouse, about 12 inches tall, should I place them outside, or leave them where they are?
I planted some Madonna Lily bulbs 3 weeks ago and they are now showing well above ground. I didn't expect them to appear until next summer. Is this usual? Will the frost kill them, should I dig them up and plant deeper? Your advice would be appreciated. Eilish.
Both last year and this year, my mother's Sweet Pea has a small fly inside in the middle each Sweet Pea flower, and she does't like giving small posies as gifts any more. What is the reason for these flies appearing and how should they be destroyed? Thanking you.
I have an Echium of about 1.20 metres in my garden which shall flower next year. How canI protect it from frost? It will only tolerate up to minus 3 Celsius as I read in one of my books. I heaped some earth around its base and popped a huge plastic bag over it as minus 5 are forecasted for tonight. Oh fright! Would a horticultural fleece do a better job or even bubble wrap?
A friend told me she wanted to tidy her garden and cut her lilies down as they looked very uglyafter flowering. Now she is worried that it might have been wrong and would damage the plants. As I have no lilies myself I could not answer her. The lilies are the ones with leafs directly on the flower stem.
see photo enclosed that are growing in a hanging basket Can you tell me what they areI know one is a geraniums but the not sure what they are
Hi Gerry, see enclosed flower yellow and orange Can you let me know if u know the name of it Thanks Francis
Can you tell me what this flower is? It look like a shamrock 3 leaf with yellow flowers. Not sure if it a real flower or a weed
Photo enclosed Can you tell me if it a weed or a flower? It has blue bell type flowers and green rubbery leaves Francis Sean Donoghue
Should a lupin plant which I have had for a number of years have started to sprout by now or is is likely to be dead. There are no shoots visible.
This year i had a lot of daffodils, and very few flowers, i am wondering should i put some fertilizer on now, last year i waited a long time before tidying them up, it was early May, when i cut them back. What kind of fertilizer should i use?
I bought 2 Agapanthus plants at a garden centre 4 years ago and I planted them in garden and had 1 flower on each the 1st year but only had green leaves and no flowers since,could you tell me reason for this and what I should do to get flowers on them as they are lovely plants.
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