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Talkback: Bark life

Reply to R. W. Gellatly. You probably have the brown or soft scale, Parthenolecanium corni. It usually doesn't do much harm, and because it's the same colour as the stems it is easily overlooked. [...] There's a good picture on the BBC Gardeners by R.W.Gellatly

28/11/2011 18:37:11

by Expired aphid? - Wild About Britain

gravel bed/border ... replace with bark?

with annuals, perennials, etc. using a mixture of spikey grasses, foliage plants like hostas, Heucheras, and annuals for summer colour. I dont like bark as a mulch. It blows around and it harbours pests by djjjuk

07/05/2013 18:31:36

by Verdun

Young Silver birch still dormant?

Hi, I've planted 3 Silver Birches at the bottom of my garden a few months back. They are approx 7ft young trees still reddy brown in colour. 1 of them has seeded and now growing small leaves and foliage but 2 remain dormant. Could this be due by Lee the spark

12/05/2013 22:15:30

by Bookertoo

Fungus?

My damson tree has developed sticky yellowy lumps of weeping orangey yellow goo. What is it please? Susan Amber-coloured gum coming from stone-fruit trees (plums, peach, etc) is usually a symptom of canker, which is a bacterial infection.I believe by Susan Down

20/10/2012 16:53:13

by Alina W

Bark mulch

't have many wild birds! (or cats for that matter) Hi - I think it's an American "thing" - my D lives in the US so I've seen the bark mulch everywhere there too, sometimes in really strong colours. It does always look tidy! I wonder whether it's treated by DavesBonnyLass

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23/05/2012 10:23:43

by DavesBonnyLass

small tree suggestions please

for any adv ice, Maggie I would suggest an Amelanchier, Maggie Pam x North facing aspect may be a problem but try either a laburnum vossii or perhaps one of the smaller varieties of crab apple. Nice leaf colour on some varieties in spring and autumn by staffsmags

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05/07/2012 10:31:13

by staffsmags

Talkback: Colourful winter stems

bark of magnolia liliaflora-very tasty I'm a contemporary basketmaker and I use of lot of colourful winter prunings from my own and friends' gardens in my work. It gives an added incentive to do the job and makes the pruning more pleasureable once you by happymarion

18/02/2012 17:14:10

by www.alittlesliceofeden.blogspot.com

Will this work for a new part lawn?

my garden centre have bags on offer. Does anyone know if the seeds would take?Also in the back garden I am thinking of putting bark down in the beds, does bark prevent weeds from coming up? Would I need to put a ground sheet, like you would use by roseblush

14/05/2013 19:09:44

by Busy-Lizzie

Talkback: Plants for small gardens - BBC Gardeners' World Live 2009

myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica and L. faurei) in my small garden. They are available in many different sizes, from 3 to 30 feet in height. They have the added advantage of having year round interest with their bark colour and texture. I have a Zuni (semi by akebia

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24/11/2011 15:28:25

by titaflan

Gypsophila

the way the stems look, colour, shape etc so don't want to bin it. I have a perennial Gypsophilla that I bought last year. First thing I did was an out of season division because I'm cheeky. Well, you don't win them all and I managed to get half results by yarrow2

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26/04/2012 09:06:57

by Wintersong

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