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It's best done after flowering, but can be done later. Cut out one in three of the branches back to the base, and do this every year. It'll produce new shoots and you'll get a bushier, shorter plant. i have four forest flame in pots which i just

suggested she cut the flowers off as it might weaken the crown. Should we now feed it or is it because the ground is so rich that this has happened. She's next to a woodland so she gets a lot of leaf mould on her veg patch, and the soil is dark and rich. I

Deadhead flowers of lady's mantle before they set seedWater camellias to make sure they don't dry out while the flower buds are developingBuy bulbs for autumn planting including tulips, narcissus, alliums, iris and crocusTake cuttings from tender

I have a nectarine in a large plastic pot in compost which has never flowered yet which is about 3 years old.  I have cut all the stems off but kept 3 main stems but only get leaves and more leaves.  Does anyone have some tips to pass on about how

Dear gardeners, please advise on how to tidy up sweet wiliams plot? I have a glorious flowering for the 1st year sweet wiliams this summer, and now they have been dead head and self seeded(empty pot when i shake all the dead flowers). Should I cut

Tips please to generate flowering plants for cut and come again.. have seeded several annuals but not sure about growth timeline from initial seeding to maturity and I want to improve for next year.  cheers This is so variable, I sowed seeds

into decorative containers Put up bug boxes to provide places for beneficial insects Around the gardenPlant daffodil bulbs in pots and bordersCheck roses for suckers and cut off any you findTrim conifer hedgesFlowersKeep picking summer-sown saladsPlant garlic

Taking summer cuttings of lavender is so easy. Choose non-flowered shoots of this year's growth and ensure that it is free from pests and disease. Follow our simple step by step and get more of your favourite plants for free.Lavender plant

Roses can be grown successfully from cuttings and will grow on to make good flowering plants. Choose healthy stems of the current season's growth and follow our step-by-step advice to be sure of success. Roots will be produced over the winter months

Hi again,today i bought a Blaumeise Hydranga, the one that has a flatish flower not the round one, its about 20" high and in good nick,now is it ok to take cuttings of it now and how ,into water or straight into pots etc not done it before