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Cut flowers.

Morning all hope everyone is  staying safe in these  intesting times we find our selves in.  I have a question about cut flowers...I've been considering growing on a small scale flowers specifically for cutting, I think that  due to the up surge of p

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Rhus typhinia tiger eyes

Evening one and all,

Has anyone got good feedback on using The small shrub Rhus typhina tiger eyes?. I wanted to plant it by the front door of my house, with a bamboo root blocker around it.If it is likely to escape and run like Ronnie Biggs, then I w

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Box caterpillar moth in the Chilterns

Anyone else working in and around the Chilterns, particularly High Wycombe?

This last week I have come across box caterpillar moth in two of my gardens in High Wycombe. It's the first time I've come across it up here, I had been hoping it was just tha

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Climbing Hydrangea death/disease?

A question for some of the planty people on here, I have a quite substantial climbing hydrangea spaning two sections of 6x6 trellis at a right angle to a house wall as well as growing the same span again across the house brick wall and up and down to

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Hard (ish) pruning of a weeping birch

Hi everyone.

I have a client with a  weeping birch that has 5 or six branches growing vertically (so not very weeping), he wants these pruned back hard to where the weeping format is. 

the weeping part of the tree is approx 3.6 meters, the verticle bra

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shrub identifcation

anyone know what this shrub is called

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Invasive plant in garden

Hope someone can help with first identifying, and then possibly how to deal with, the invasive plant pictured.

Had a look over the Defra pages on invasive weeds but could not find anythng to match.

Might be able to get a better photo soon, many thank

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ants

anybody got tips of how to get rid of ants that seem to have taken residence in the bottom of 2 large planters 

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Bay trees in pots- rejuvenating

Hi all,

Can anyone recommend any feeds to bring on new growth to standard bays (laurus nobilis), which are in pots? Some are looking quite thin and there appears to be some die back within the head. There are also black spots/lumps on the stem and bra

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3D garden design software search...

Hi All,

I've been using Realtime Landscaping Pro 2018 software for a few months now, and am discovering its limitations. In some ways it is really good, and great value for money. It falls down a bit with creating varying ground levels, but it is also

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Shrubs, Trees, Foundations, (Underground drainage pipes?)

Hi All,

I periodically get asked the question "Is this planted too close to the house?". I can rarely give an authoritative answer, and usually say it is a specific area of expertise and it may be best to contact the local council.

Am I missing a trick

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Too late to cut deciduous hedges?

I'm being asked to cut a deciduous hedge towards the end of the this month (only free time I have) - but wasn't sure if this was too late in the year? We're south of england, but frosts are happening and I give it two weeks before most trees are comp

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whats eating the leaves

any ideas as to what is eating these hydranger leaves i do not think its slugs or snails as some of the holes are in the middle of the leaves 

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Glow worms and slugs and snails

I heard once that there are not many glow worms in the UK anymore because people use so many slug pellets and glow worms eat slugs.  Does anyone ever see them and does anyone know how to encourage them? I saw one the other night in a pile of wood, in

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What to do with an oversized Cherry Laurel?

I have recently taken on a garden with two massive cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus). They are approximately 8m tall and have 2-3 main trunks each.
Client keen to retain them to keep privacy, but they are so dominating and its a dark barren wastela

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Plants thriving in Chernobyl

"Plants, however, develop in a much more flexible way. Because they can’t move, they have no choice but to adapt to the circumstances in which they find themselves. Rather than having a defined structure as an animal does, plants make it up as they g

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foxgloves

has any one noticed foxgloves seem to be taller this year, i have some that are 6ft tall is it due to last years weather as they did not grow at all then?

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Tree identification please

Can anyone identify this tree please, it's supposedly from New Zealand, but Iv'e never seen it before?

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Lawn Aeration

Aerating your lawn annually is an important part of a healthy lawn care program. Using a machine, we remove cores of soil from the turf. This reduces soil compaction and thatch so that your lawn can breathe and receive the moisture and nutrients it n

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