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them from the very cold nights that we have been having. We are also using this fleece on our Chelsea Flower Show plants to protect them and give them that little extra warmth which will encourage them to start producing new growth.We always remove

cutting back this herb - it shoots off old wood, and is tolerant of hard pruning.I then moved on to the bay trees. I have two standard bay trees, both more than 20 years old. They each take a day and a half to have a full haircut. I know it removes

few weeks, stopping two weeks prior to the show. In the final week we'll just remove the flower heads that are going over.As spring advances, so do the pests. We've had our first outbreak of aphids, and have responded by spraying the plants

to hear compliments about our stock.There are long lists of things to double-check as we make sure the right plants are going to the right gardens. Many hours will be spent deadheading flowers and removing any dead or damaged leaves from the plants. We

, at most their feeding results in a little bit of shoot distortion, so leave them alone, or if you really can't bear them, remove them by hand-picking or jetting them off with a hose.

crossed, hoping that they remain untouched. I'll be watching my hollyhocks closely to see if the rust fungus develops. If and when it does, I'll remove infected leaves as soon as I spot the infection, hopefully keeping it under control - but that might

. When we finally removed the palm from its pot (with the aid of a hammer) we found that inside it there was a rim, about two inches from the base, that the roots had grown under. When I planted it all those years ago I had filled the section beneath

.Once the new sexual generation of males and queens have emerged, all the other wasps die off and the nest will never be used again; so it is always safe to remove an old one and dissect it. Unless, of course, you happen to live in New Zealand, where

working alone. As well as cautious humans removing them from allotment sheds, the nests are also prone to flooding, mould and disturbance from predators. The queen will have to look elsewhere for another suitable site. With luck she will now find a hollow

that didn't have to be removed were left in place; although few remain, their stumps and fallen logs are still present in the gardens and the rotting subterranean timber is still feeding the stag beetle larvae.The target of the cat's interest and the pig