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Metal obelisk or willow wigwam for sweet peas?

I need some help in choosing the right supports for my sweet peas. I don't want to spend a huge amount of money but I do want to choose something that will look right in my newly landscaped garden. Any advice - and photos - would be most welcome by happycottontail

20/04/2013 13:35:13

by Verdun

Suggestions please

(white in shade is magical).....arum lilies, and acteas. (these are Purple/brown sculptural foliage plants with scented pink or white spikes of flowers) Loads to choose from includIng shrubs to give height Good luck jo Our hellebores are thriving in clay by Jo Stephenson

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11/05/2013 14:09:26

by Flower bird

Madagascan Dragon Tree

I have a magnificent dracaena which has one stem with the leaves touching the ceiling. I am reluctant to cut down the whole plant. If I cut the tallest part off, will the rest by nightingalebrook

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12/12/2011 10:52:10

by Emma Crawforth

Carnation/Pinks

to buy plants and take cuttings ? Any thoughts appreciated Cuttings are so easy...quick,true to plant and taken now will produce flowering plants by mid /late summer. Pot them around rim of pot and I,add perlite to compost Thanks Verdun , I will get by Bunny..

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24/02/2013 18:49:18

by Verdun

slate soil and slugs

I need help with what plants to choose. each year I spend a fortune just for the slugs to eat, or for them to die because soil is bad I need to know what plants I can buy that will survive both problems Maybe you might consider trying to improve by jackie williams

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06/05/2012 11:05:09

by blairs

Salvia's

I've just planted up a bed of Salvia,something is stripping the leaves,no sign of slug activity,could it be ants ? No- ants will not eat plants-it is most probably slugs or snails-have you taken any precautions? Not as yet loth to use pesticides,Planted by lordkent

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12/07/2012 09:03:53

by lordkent

potatoes

hello i dont know whether you can help e or not but my grandad watched gardeners world the other night and they were planting potatoes. before they were planted a few of the sprits were knocked off them but my grandad either missed the reason why by ben groom

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14/04/2012 09:46:26

by Man of Kent

Talkback: Native plants for wildlife ponds

all very nice these native pond plants but where in east yorkshire can you find them, no one seems to stock them around here and i'm too old and disabled to go raking around in ditches!! rosad1 In ponds it is important to use native plants because by rosad1

24/06/2012 12:05:36

by FloBear

Hydranga cutting

are lovely plants, I have lots of them they root really easily. Never tried with cuttings, be interested to hear how they take... Dont have agreen house...had success by layering... choose a stem close to ground...gently manouvre to bend into ground..once you by ROBIN26

23/03/2013 04:52:09

by cilmeri

problem area in garden

matter (well-rotted manure> and grit to improve the drainage and the structure of the soil. Once that's done, you will be able to choose from a large number of plants - to give just one example, I have roses thriving in a similar situation. Thanks by amateur gardener

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30/04/2012 09:02:38

by amateur gardener

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