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, hedgehogs, beetles and other pest-eating wildlifeWatch out for red lily beetle on the tips and leaves of lilies. Squash any you find, or spray with a suitable pesticide

You are lucky to be almost clear of cow parsley - I've been trying to get rid of it for over 40 years, but it's useful to put on the compost heap if you've lots of grass cuttings to dispose of. I do grow cow parsley. We have a very rare beetle

BBC Gardeners' World blog on asparagus beetles, by Richard Jones

pest called viburnum leaf beetle which has recently arrived from the continent, I think. The larvae hatch in May and start eating leaves. Spray in May with a chemical bug killer to kill larvae while young and cut off and burn affected leaves

I have had problems with the dreaded Lily beetle this year so I want to lift them and plant them under cover for next year. As I would like to plant something else I would like to do this ASAP. Do I treat than like spring bulbs and feed them

This variety looks gorgeous. I'll have to find some to grow this year. My biggest problem growing them is that lily beetle always attack them. Any ideas for keeping lily beetle away? Hi Thompsom and morgan are selling what they call Tree lily. I

.  Any help would be much appreciated as this is our first year attempting to grow anything. thanks  Flea beetles? http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/problems/veg-and-herbs/flea-beetle/398.html Thanks for the speedy reply Kate, It certainly looks like

.  So I asked at a local nursery, showed them a photo of the trunk and leaves.  Some say a plum tree usually only lives about 20 years and that it's "done", some say I had beetles (because there were a few little sap bubbles on the main trunk) and now I

I never knew dung-flies existed, I thought most flies like dung? They're not very pretty are they, not like dung beetles. i have a load of these in my polytunnel and hope they dont carry disease, or eat my veg or flowers! It gets complicated if you

Does anybody know anything about farfugiums? I've got one that my mother planted. The leaves and stem are turning brown and tonight I found some sort of beetle on one of the leaves. I'm going to read up on this plant but in the meantime has anybody