blairs

Rowan tree issues

Can you fork around the area to aerate the soil?

Say NO to slug food.

Picking off the slugs at night with tweezers and blue pellets does work. The problem is Vine Weevils and Caterpillars can be more destructive and less slugs can mean more food for them.

Hakonechloa All Gold

They are slow growing - hence the price! Looks great after 5-6 years. Honestly worth the wait.

Quick growing rhododendron or azalea - is there such a thing?

punkdoc wrote (see)

Blairs. I dont like to disagree but I have a number of Rhodes and in 10 years they have probably only doubled in size.

Obviously there are many species but, the majority are slow growing.

It depends on where you live. If you live in an area with poor dry sandy soil or alkali soil, then they will be crap. If you have rich acidic soil with wet weather, then they are rampant.

planted bamboo in pot but forgot to tease a few roots-should I dig it out?

I have seen Bamboo grow over and break concrete - compost in a pot is not going to stop it!

hedge ideas for privacy

What is wrong with keeping the conifers clear to say 6.5ft and leaving the rest as a screen? They will not be taking up any of the garden that way. You can make a slight raised bed to plant underneath.

Pleached hornbeam is going to be bare for 8 months of the year and provide zero privacy and is very expensive.

Quick growing rhododendron or azalea - is there such a thing?

I bought a few Azalea from Morrisons and Homebase last year. The Morrisons one was £5 I think and it has trebled in size to about 50cm by 70cm.

Rhoddies grow large and fast - esp pontus.

Hakonechloa All Gold

They need well draining soil. They are forest plants, so used to soil being on the dry side.

I have Hakonechloa macra 'Alboaurea' and it is in semi-shade and doing well this year - it is in a large well draining pot.

What are the fields of yellow flowers I see everywhere now? " />

Driving past fields of Rape seed gives me an intense headache. Not a pleasant smell at all, but from a distance they do look attractive.

DAM CATS

red john wrote (see)

I said a lot of people have trouble with cats i will still try the jeyes thanks to every one 

What is the point when it will wash away after the first rain? Use sticks to form a barrier...it is theonly way. You are wasting time and money on any fluid.

Agave Seed Germination

Not GWM getting advertised discount @ Crocus

tetrapanax papyrifer seed germination