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Photinia fraseri delivered covered in leaf spot

I recently ordered two full standard form Photinia fraseri 'Red Robin' for a client from a local nursery and when they were delivered to the client they were completely covered in leaf spot. No leaf is unaffected, with a few already at the stage of f

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A first for me....

A first for me... gardening with engine hoist, rotten wooden planters being replaced with galvanised bespoke ones  - all went to plan, 2 done, 4 more to do when the blacksmth delivers enough bolts to assemble the planters... which he delivered as fla

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Ivy Removal

Morning all,

I've just been to have a look at a potential Ivy Removal job. Its covering 1 outside wall up to the roof and protruding up to 2ft outwards. I have a price in mind however I'm unsure how to go about covering myself in the terms and conditi

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Diseased tree.

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Fence post auger

One of my clients has asked me to buy around 2500 daffodil bulbs to plant in one of their wildflower areas!! My back went into spasm as she told me.

Thinking laterally...have any of you used a powered auger to drill the holes....I know the ground is g

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Advice on removing very large spreading bamboo.

I have 3 large bamboo plants to remove. 

 

 They are about 15 foot high and about  6 metres in circumference, obviously well rooted into the ground and pop up runners around 10 feet from their epicentre.

 

The obvious answer would have been to use a digg

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Rose spray

Evening what products are people using for black spot on roses, I'm about to run out of my current product which isn't available any more. 
many thanks 

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Living wall

Morning everyone. 

One of our high end clients has a property that has a living wall, the wall was poorly maintained by the developer and it all needs replacing, with 500 plants which need to be 9cm pots. I'm thinking thymes, oregangos, ajugas, sedums

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Learning plants names etc

Anyone have suggestions to learn plants I.e YouTube?

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Buddleja ( Buddlia ) Super plant of the future ?

Please forgive me for what maybe an obsession, but I have always been fascinated and in awe of the prolific Buddleja ( Buddlia ) bushes / trees that I have a skill for noticing, where they grow in the most inhospitable and bizarre locations, railway

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Trachelospermum

We plant quite a few Trachelospermum jasminoides with no problems.  We have one garden where we planted 12 and they almost all failed.  I thought it was a bad batch and we replaced them.  The 2nd lot aren't doing much better, with this being a typica

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Non flowering wisteria

Are there any serious wisteria experts on here? I need to pick your brains. 

I have a wisteria that I have been maintaining for a few years now, but the damned thing is refusing to flower. It seems to be a variety that comes into leaf early, it is alm

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Charging for sourcing plants

HI all,

I set up as a sole trader two years ago (one week before lockdown...) so am still very new to this.

Increasingly I'm being asked to source plants for clients - eg evergreen shrubs to fill 12m of border, plants for sunny 10m planter etc etc

This

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Runner Ducks

As some of you know I'm restoring a couple of 28m Grade 2* beds, using the original Georgian planting plans. The client has just signed off on £7000 worth of plants....quite an investment. We will start receiving the plants soon. Now the problem, we

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Do Cornelian cherries taste good?

Hey Folks!
I have some Cornelian cherries in my garden. I need to ask that does they taste good or are the Cornelian cherry has some healthy nutritious properties. If so how it can be used.
Thank You!

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Any advice?

A client has asked us to buy a specimen shrub - he's fallen for one that is basically going to cost the best part of £1000 by the time we get it to Wiltshire. It is to replace one that has been killed by the previous gardeners pruning it in the winte

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Plant Identity

Hi all, just after a little help identifying this plant please. Seems to be a grass or bamboo of some sort but just unsure of what it is exactly. Hoping to identify so I can establish how to properly look after it. Many thanks.

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Moss and lichen on roofs.

Do you think moss and lichen on the roofs of houses and bungalows needs to be removed or should be left alone?

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Italian style garden

I've been asked to design an Italian garden for a lady who hails from Calabria in the south of Italy.

The plot is not very big and athough it has a view of the sea you would ordinarily have to stand on a chair to see it over a 6' fence (cannot be redu

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Mature (20+ yrs) Japanese Maple and Camellia on offer

Hi all, I have an usual enquiry and I do hope you can help.

I'm trying to give a new life to a couple of beautiful trees in my front garden (Kingston upon Thames), that have overgrown the available space to grow.

Both plants were planted by me 20 years

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