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Talkback: Spring flowers - my least favourites

It's strange seeing other people hate all the beautiful colours on this earth and I have to say I love them all, soft and delicate bright and fiery and bold and garish and Oh! how a blind person would love to see all of these wonderful creations. I by The Garden Monkey

28/11/2011 18:31:14

by Exisyglitty

Talkback: Mulching with compost

use it around acid-loving (ericaceous) plants. Tracy, for mulching acid-loving plants I'd probably choose a composted bark product rather than a normal peat-free potting compost. I believe this will help lower the soil pH and make it slightly more acid by Sharon - Frinton On Sea

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28/11/2011 18:36:29

by Sarah - Reply to Margaret

A boost to winter.....

is the best yet. I have yellow varieties but this is the colour I have been waiting for so I'm excited. Another plug for mail order.....large plant full of flowers and buds. Beautifully packed and totally intact. I have a pulmonaria Blue Ensign just by Verdun

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30/01/2013 22:48:28

by Verdun

Ideas for back garden design-without lawn!

, very much appreciated! Well... as for your lawn.. weed proof membrane is good topped with whatever you want, gravel, bark etc... But one suggestion, the border you want about a foot deep... I would say this is too narrow for most plants you can buy by NotSoGreenFingered

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12/05/2013 19:17:19

by NotSoGreenFingered

Talkback: Liquidambar: plant this tree

for Autumn colour and form and should be planted more often as it is actually suprisingly tolerant in all but shallow chalk soils I planted a liquidamber in my Aberdeenshire coastal garden earlier this year it is struggling a bit although still alive does by VP

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25/04/2012 09:03:03

by Rhea H

Talkback: Plants for shade

watering system in it for very dry weather but I find a good few inch or pine bark works for most of the year.Under a silver birch on the other side is very different, its heavy clay soil dries out to a very hard cracked surface but 3 plants which do very by Galic and Snails

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28/11/2011 18:31:25

by SuzyQ

Dog Area

dog to use and we covered it with bark chippings. It looks good and if the poo is not quite solid it's easier to pick up because you can take some of the chippings surrounding it. It's also very cost effective and easy to top up. got be honest i quite by marinam2

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14/06/2012 13:09:22

by Julie Stoakes

No leaves on tree yet

- which I prefer but hubs complained of being attacked by it Well, that's somewhat different than mine. See picture. Oh dear. It doesn't look well does it? I suggest you get up SAFELY!! to one of the small branches and scrape the outer bark and see by Maricia De Koning

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29/06/2012 18:26:48

by Robot

Problem soil near sycamore

plantings need to go into a 'pocket' of leafmould/compost/soil improver to give them the best start & water. If all else fails, then a good deep layer of say bark chippings or even slate like chippings will provide a ground covering nearest the trunk by Mrs MacGregor

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24/11/2012 19:11:44

by nutcutlet

New to gardening-need help!

that you have little natural soil available, so are thinking more about tubs and troughs etc. It is very late in the season to start, so unless you want to invest in a few "quick fixes" for colour, which will be expensive and may be wasted effort, you may by fabulousemmalina

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14/07/2012 10:20:55

by figrat

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