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My daughter has just shown me the rhubarb plant I gave her 2 years ago. It had 5 big stems of flowers on it. I've never seen rhubarb flowering before . My grandad had a huge clump and in all my childhood I never saw a flower on it at all. I

Hi, We've scattered a packet of mixed seeds on a patch of garden deisgned to attract insects and this flower has grown.  We have no idea what it is.  The plants have got about 2ft high in places.  The leaves and the steam are hairy and these flowers

Is there any point in leaving my maincrop onions in as they have started to flower? I have picked off the flowers but wonder if they will get any bigger. Some are no larger than when they went in! I could use the space for something else

Can anyone tell me if they will recover after very strong icy winds  plus all the frosts,  I have (maybe had !) a lovely bed but the flowers don't seem to be recovering at all,  thanks. Mine went the same but the plants will recover, the flowers

Hey all, my garden has suffered this year from its usual lack of flower in the 'dead zone' after all my cottage hardies have finished but before my later stuff begins. Just wondered what y'all used, other than annuals, to keep the interest going

I've got little flowers shaped like tiny bulbs on the tips of my onions, do I cut them off? Yes-recent discussion- http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/problem-solving/red-onions---buds-forming/4116.html

I have a climbing rose which I lightly pruned last year, not sure how old it is maybe 10 years or so  but this year it has only two small new shoots on it but no buds or flowers and really doesn't look very lively Is it in the ground or a container?

Planted 300 narcissus only 4 flowered this year ? What am I doing wrong ? they are fed and watered and are in full sun in my mountain home in Cyprus, are they too close together ?  Please help We'll try to help Which type of narcissus are they

I'm rather fond of rhubarb, preferably under a thick blanket of butter crumble or stewed with a dollop of organic vanilla ice-cream.We normally have a great crop from our organic kitchen garden, but this year my rhubarb plants are producing flowers

Make last-minute pickings of fresh flowers for the houseSpread compost on to flower beds for worms to work in over winterCollect fallen leaves showing signs of blackspot from around rosesFork compost into borders, but take care not to spike emerging