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 Please could someone tell me the name of this small tree? It is deciduous with small white flowers in the summer. Then in autumn it produces these stunning blue berries nestling in purple calyxes. Thank you.

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Hi Alan, your garden is so lovely. I have a similar arrangement as I wanted a "waterfall" instead of a fountain. I have planted a varigated bush behind the pump and it hides it so it all looks as if the water is flowing from a hidden source!(Bless). I think it is an Euronomus.Try a plant with year round interest and an evergreen. Your pond is going to develop nicely and look even more lovely next year. You clever young man....ENJOY.

Where is Nigel?

Oh boy, what a treat............and to keep it till the ENDof the programme! What a pleasure it was to see them together again. Jumping on to a wall? Has nobody told him about OLD AGE?

Storing Fucshias

Shame on you Graemegarden,  behave, have you forgotten when you first started this gardening lark you were nurturing weed seedlings and digging up flower seedlings?

You could be discouraging the next AT !!

housework using plants

Now that it is the season of clementines, I dry the peel and put them in rooms to release the fresh citrus oil. If I am feeling flush I add  cloves too. I also make a dried mixture of herbs which I dry by hanging sprigs of them in the garage. GH and washroom. I collect and dry rose petals in the sun  and sprinkle rose water on them to perfume drawers etc. I dry bunches of lavender and put them in wadrobes to deter moths.They are particularly useful in the winter as fresh air is in short supply through open windows and I am  not using chemicals.

New to the website

Hi, I suggest you start with the easy stuff and then move onto the "exotic" as it were.Sweet potato belong to this group. I tried them thrice then gave up. Unfortunately suppliers make this gardening lark sound so easy (that's why forums like this are a God sent.) Wish we had them when I started gardening. Gardeners are such generous people and happy to encourage new gardeners. To produce sweet potatoes you need many hours of baking sunshine and well drained, good  soil. Mine failed even in the greenhouse! But if you still want to have a go, put them in large pots as the foliage is very attractive and some retailers sell them as house plants. This is my experience and I do not wish to put you off. Good luck and welcome to a very pleasureable pass time!!

The perfect garden pond

You clever clogs Neil.........I wish MY pond looked like yours. I'd love to see it next year after it has settled. I hope you get lots of wildlife take up residences in it.

BTW what is that bright blue apparatus?

Where is Nigel?

Thank the Lord Daniel.........family pet? Has MD not told him that he is a Tv star now? I was planning to boycott GW unless he returned!! Thank you again....bless

GROWING BULBS IN POTS FOR PLANTING OUT IN SPRING

i have them in containers covered with newspaper with a couple of bricks on top which deters squirrels etc. and leave them at the end of the garden. I bring them near the house for a welcome show in the spring. They go back to the end of the garden after flowering as they produce good flowers if you give them a feed and let them die down naturally. I then plant up the pots with annuals for a summer display or courgettes etc.

squirrels

Never mind squirrels, we have been invaded by jays(beautiful creatures).They nested here and produced two beauties. So the four of them are ruling the garden , displaying typical crow family behaviour. By the way, they love peanuts in shells and compete with the squirrels(they like shell peanuts too) but the squirrels ,so far have given  the jays a run for the peanuts!!

Waterbut downpipes

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Nigel

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