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I want to do some autumn cuttings in pots. What mixture should I use and when is the best time? How wet should the mixture be?
I have a magnificent Magnolia Stellata and equally magnificent Rhododendron Sinogrande that, unfortunately, were planted too close to each other over 10 years ago. They are growing in to each other. One of the two is going to need drastic pruning. Decision time. Am I likely to kill off either of them with heavy pruning and which would you recommend for the major "chop"?
We have horse chestnut trees growing less than 5 metres from our house. Is this safe? If not,do we need to dig the roots out or just cut them down?
I am getting different advice on how to root cuttings of pitto, i have a empty plastic tunnel, What is the correct method, timing, base mixture, Plugs or trays?I'm hoping to transplant these next year.
I have recently moved into my new new self build house and have 2 banks of soil either side left over from the initial dig, these banks are also form the borders of the site.however they are very wild and overgrown, I have tackled them this summer with a strimmer and they look fine but I want to try control them and plant shrubs and flowers next year to show off the border of the house, I have a few bulbs planted(daffs/tulips), but now its covered in wild grass and thistles, is my only option to spray and kill these. I would love to plant some shrubs, fruit bushes etc but I worry if I spray and kill everything will it kill the boundry mounds for a season. they are both 35 mtrs long and 2 mtrs high so digging is hopeully not an option .
I have a beautiful thirty feet tall Silver Birch in the wrong location (small back garden). With winter imminent it needs to be removed. Can it be transplanted and do you know where I might find a good home for it ?
Last Autumn I planted a few climbers e.g clematis etc they all died in the frost. I've just bought some acidic plants in Lidl today e.g rhododendren. WORRIED ABOUT LOSING THEM TOO THIS WINTER HOW CAN iPREVENT DAMAGE with the bad weather will i cut them back later on and cover them in dung from the farm yard?
I have a large climetas that i want to be plants from when is the right time to take cuttings fro it it has a white flower and what type of cutting do i take?
I have a clematis tangutica which is wasted in its present position. Can I prune it and move it in the same season? It's too big and heavy to move unpruned.
I just wanted to know can i grow plants from clippings. my mum has lovely fuchsia and i wanted to try grow some.. i have a small plastic greenhouse i could put them in .. is there other plants i can grow from clippings?
I have some fuschia cuttings that are about four months old, and i was just wondering what is the best way to winter them could you help me please?
Is it possible to plant shrubs, plants, in containers for winter colour?.
We have a mountain ash tree in our garden.Its about 14yrs.When planted by previous owners they planted it in its container which we cut away when we found the black plastic around it about 10yrs ago.Its about 6ft tall and never grew since we moved here.We put a new bed with wooden sleepers around the tree last April.The sleepers are not railway sleepers but ordinary wood.The tree looked as if it was struggling in June as there were very few leaves coming on it.The leaves are all dying now and yesterday I noticed with horror that the bark is peeling off revealing the trunk as crumbling brown.When I broke off one branch it was dead.What could have happened and is it too late to save it.The tree looks more like wild ash tree as I know them from Mayo rather than one bought in a garden centre hence my love of it.
I planted 2 cherry bloosoms and 2 bamboo at the end of my garden 2 feet from a 7 foot brick wall and there are neighbours in two homes behind this wall. can roots damage this wall and my neighbours garden behind it. im worried they are 4 years old
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