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Choisya and Myrtle Looking Poorly

On 24/04/2013 in forum

Hi I have two Choisya Aztec Pearl in my back garden, and both are dropping lots of  leaves and looking poorly despite having buds.  I have only had the garden just over a year and don't remember them looking this bad last spring.  Could


Blank Canvas - Where to Start?!

On 26/02/2012 in forum

have a great selection) it will enable you to at least identify the type of garden you want as a starting point - cottage, contemporary, formal, wildlife etc. Study the light and soil carefully before you start - I simply drew a rough plan and worked


Narcissus and aubretia pot display

On 22/07/2011 in Pots & containers: Spring

Add a cottage-garden feel to your patio with this simple pot project. The trio of narcissus, carex and aubretia provides instant colour, as plants can be bought in flower. If other spring flowers catch your eye at the garden centre, you could use


Tree line

On 21/02/2012 in forum

Hi all, Last year we moved into to a "tumble down" cottage so the auctioneer called it (after we bought it) !! Which has a 1/2 acre of garden/orchard with tree lines for borders and fields to all sides. The trees have ivy growing all over them which


info on Hydrangas please

On 10/01/2013 in forum

-seem to do better in dappled shade-but do keep on top of the watering outside until they are established CottageGardenFairy wrote (see) Ooo how and when do you take hydranga cuttings? Late summer/autumn


buying hard to find seeds

On 01/04/2013 in forum

can somebody suggest some places other than ebay where i can find some hard to get seeds.i am looking for agastache summer glow,tordylium officinale and astrantia glebe cottage.any help would be appreciated. are there any decent seed swap websites


What is your kind of garden?

On 02/08/2012 in forum

Looking at pictures of their lovely gardens that some people have posted, I am struck by the different styles, from highly disciplined and full of colourful annuals to practical vegetable gardening to cottage gardens stuffed with plants growing


WHO KNOWS WHERE I CAN GET HOLD OF ONE OF THESE PLEASE..!!

On 26/07/2012 in forum

of their deadline..!!). I'm back to square one now.... Thanks for your advice obelixx - I'll bear that in mind if I ever manage to locate one.!! Larch Cottage is one of my local gaffs, good quality plants. Slightly cheaper than the main chains. Give em a ring, 01931


Is it the end for pelargonium?

On 15/02/2013 in forum

for that one, I don't use mother plants for long, cut from your new cuttings for next years plants. Thank you Lyn and Cottage Garden Fairy. Will do both suggestions and bin the old plant. I take my.cuttings from new plants. It makes them bushier


Talkback: Designing a new garden

On 28/11/2011 in forum

cottage garden. I have one side of my garden which is in the shade for most of the day. Could someone kindly recommend some cottage plants that like the shade?Thank you!Georgina "I redesigned the area, based on a pair of flannel pyjamas I had when I was a


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