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I sowed foxglove seeds last year. They have just flowered within the last few weeks. However the flower at the top of the plant in photo is very different to the other flowers which are thimble-like. Is this an accident of nature ? is it worth saving the seed ?
Tall poker like purple flower with a yellow ring around the top(within the purple). Dark green low set leaves which are very rough to the touch.
I have bamboo planted at the end of my garden border, which I planted 2 years ago when my knowledge of gardening was zero, although it looks great, I am hearing lots of horror stories about running bamboo destroying gardens. It is around 2 metres tall at this time and it's spread is quite compact. I don't want to remove it but would like to know how to manage it if possible. There are flowers planted right next to it, they seem to be thriving so maybe all is fine but thinking of the future! How can I tell if it is clumping or running bamboo?
I have some pansies in a tub but they have a something like black spot on them. I was told "Get rid of them, dump them".I only moved the tub to an empty corner because the plants looked ok (except for the spots) and they were flowering really well. Should I dump the tub, do you think? Or will the plants recover if I spray them? But with what?
I have an area of approx 1m X 4m in my garden that i want to place a flower bed. The area of that section of garden does suffer from bad drainage, the grass is very patchy and muddy to walk on when wet weather and the area is fully shaded. For my flower bed i'd like to be sure of what compost to use and what shrubs, plants, flowers grow well in these conditions and look very well. Low maintenance is also good, Im a beginner
I'll be planting up some window boxes and baskets shortly and will be adding some slow release granular feed to the compost. If I feed them later on in the summer with tomato plant food would they benefit any more from this or would it instead be too much feed for them? Best wishes and thanks.
I seem to have a good flowering red geranium at present. The leaves of this geranium have turned red. What is it lacking?
My three year old tree fern is not producing fronds. The crown is not mushy or black and I am keeping it moist. how can I tell if it is dead and is there anything I can do to help it recover?
The stalks of my paeonia rose have split ,would you have any idea why this has happened?
I have dug two flower beds in my front lawn and im wondering what would be the best low maintanence flowers that give some colour both in summer and winter to plant, i have dug the flower beds this week and mixed some compost through the soil,but still need to raise the beds a bit,and im wondering what to plant?
Can you buy crocus sativus bulbs in Ireland?
My garden is a small one - gets plenty of sun, good drainage. I would like to have a couple of perennials that provide some colour outside of the summer bedding plants - any suggestions?
I planted a peony rose about 4 years ago and last year It flowered with I rose, this year I had one bud developing and unfortunatly something has eaten half the bud away, any ideas. I did find a small green worm/caterpillar on a leaf and I also put some slug pellets down.
I sowed some Auricula seed I purchased at the RHS Malvern Show last year and have been successful in raising some plants. However, only two plants have produced flowers so far this spring. I fed them about twice in the last few months with tomato feed. They are in a cold greenhouse but have got the sun in the last month. I am wondering is there anything I can do to get the rest to flower.
We lost approx 5 mature shrubs (planted approx 10 years) in last years bad weather, I am looking to replace them with hardy low growing (approx 2ft hight) perenials that will flower this year. We took out the old shrubs and need to fill the gaps.
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