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I am growing a lemon tree in a pot in my living room. It was previously in a greenhouse ahd produced fruit. It is producing healthy leaves now but no flowers or fruit. Somtimes I see little black coloured "twigs" that break off it. Can you advise?

I have 100 carnation plants in a plastic tunnell with good size buds on them i have a wedding on 5th of nov how can i get them to full bloom for then tips on watering feeding.

I have a newly installed south facing porch. Looking for ideas for a plant or maybe fruit tree that would look well and survive. The leaves on my tomato plant have started to droop badly. What can I do to bring it back to health?Would blueberry work and look well ?

Could you name this plant please?

Just wondering should my calla lilies have begun to show yet - I planted them outdoors about the 10th March and there is still no sign of them breaking through the soil - what can I do about them? I planted gladiolus at the same time and they are popping up now.

My question is regarding the pruning of this shrub. I have a small specimen that has been totally stripped of its leaves over the winter and im wondering can i cut it back to encourage regeneration? Or is it just too tender? Would a light prune encourage it to put on new leaf?

My indoor cyclamon has little hard seeds at the end of it's shoot when teh flower dies off. Can I plant these to propogate it and if so how?

What are freesia corms?

I have an angel trumpet, which is flowering at present...it has grown very tall and I would appreciate it if you have any advice on the best way to prune it after flowering.

Advice needed for planting & caring for Tibouchina shrub. Kildare location (bog)

I am growing Frangipani from seed this year. A seedling germinated for me on 29 January and grew well until I potted it on. The packet came with dire warnings about root disturbance so I transplanted the seedling complete with its compost from the the original cell. The seed case was stuck on the top of the plant for a long time and I feared it would rot (as has happened with some Ricinus) so I removed it carefully. The seedling now stands at 1 1/4 inches but does not seem to be growing. I fear the compost is too dense and that I should have added some grit or perlite to the mix but am nervous to interfere because of the 'root disturbance' warnings. The seedling gets plenty of light but not direct sun and is indoors. I let it dry out between waterings. Have you any advice on what I should do?

trying to find out about a flower, it had a large bulb one long stem, slim narrow leaves flowers smell like honeysuckle. yellowish in colour petals on flower curl intowards stem

I have a green house, not heated, but would like to start off some bulbs but how do I water them and how often?

I have a Bougainvillia about 7 years old It is thriving on homemade compost. It is full of green leaves and purple Flowers and some of my family want cuttings when can I take cuttings?