Weed fairy

Star Jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides)

I had just the same problem but had kept mine in a pot. Thought it was a goner in spring so repotted it and gave it some tomato food after a couple of weeks. Lo and behold it is now thriving and covered in flowers - but a bit hard to enjoy the fragrance through driving rain. My neighbour had same thing but we have planted hers out against a wall - and its not dead yet! Think thay are just the sort of plant that goes into a huff - an expensive spoiled child .

Subterranean roots

Thanks Dove. Im pretty sure its honey fungus. Most herbaceous plants are from cuttings and I have the stock plants separately in back garden. My worry is the azaleas and rhododendrons that I have already put in and a couple of little crab apples that I grew from seed that are poised to go in but I would hate to lose.

Subterranean roots

I moved here 2 years ago and front garden was a decent sized square of lawn with no plants at all. I started digging up the lawn and making a spiral border that ultimately will fill the whole space with shingle paths following the spiral shape. Soon after I began I noticed a crop of fungi in a very regular pattern across the lawn. Honey fungus. I was therefore not surprised to find when digging huge fat roots of trees that had been cut down and the roots left. This has resulted in bent forks and a sore back plus the worry about the honey fungus affecting the plants I am putting in. Any thoughts on what plants would be at risk? 

Replanting between leylandii stumps

I moved here 2 years ago and front garden was a decent sized square of lawn with no plants at all. I started digging up the lawn and making a spiral border that ultimately will fill the whole space with shingle paths following the spiral shape. Soon after I began I noticed a crop of fungi in a very regular pattern across the lawn. Honey fungus. I was therefore not surprised to find when digging huge fat roots of trees that had been cut down and the roots left. This has resulted in bent forks and a sore back plus the worry about the honey fungus affecting the plants I am putting in. Any thoughts on what plants would be at risk? 

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Im looking for a really strong lightweight border fork. My last one was about 70yrs old and inherited from my aunt. Sadly it suffered irreparable damage from an unseen lump of granite. I have since had a series of "good" border forks that end up with bent prongs! Any suggestions?

Please identify this plant

Welsh poppies - meconopsis cambrica. once you have them they will take over which is lovely if all you have are weeds. V hard to control.

Subterranean roots