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Gardening Mentor?

Hello all in the potting shed Last year I bought a 200 year old house with an accompanying cottage garden filled with plants which had been (once) lovingly maintained by its elderly owners but recently got a bit neglected. I have only limited by Catherine Joyce

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24/04/2013 17:17:35

by Mummy Muddy Paws

How early to put plants in the greenhouse

I have a new, bigger greenhouse. I have seedlings growing in a heated (min 14c) and very warm when sunny, garden room. When will it be safe to put them out in the unheated, but very sunny greenhouse (most of them will stay in the greenhouse by Daisy Cottage

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22/03/2012 20:24:56

by Daisy Cottage

What tree is this?

. Pretty cottage. Hi Lizzie, I'm sticking to Wisteria as I mentioned originally. It's just that I noticed the name above the door - presumably there's a fig somewhere in the garden. Agree - lovely cottage - would suit my style of gardening down to a tee by Daniel Williams

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02/04/2013 19:31:03

by Lyn

Talkback: Honesty seed-pods

without fail and they suit my cottage style garden to a T, thank you birds! I love Honesty, despite its scentlessness, that is why it's my Flower of the Month http://tinyurl.com/3sf579g These seed pods are lovely, and children at my local primary school by Hilda

28/11/2011 18:37:36

by STYLE NV

Help choosing climbers

What is your soil type and what aspect/area are you thinking of planting up? My garden faces south and the plants will face the east. Sorry don't know the soil type or how to find out, I'm a novice garden If you live in a cottage or want a cottage by Heppy

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28/04/2012 14:48:05

by samantha olivant

Hollyhocks

Hi I have grown hollyhocks for the first time this year and had such a good show from them that I would like some advice on how I winter them? They look so attractive in my cottage garden but I am wondering if I have to lift them over winter or cut by Willie Wilson

09/10/2012 13:31:04

by Gary Hobson

Talkback: 2013 in the garden

Happy New Year to you too, James and my resolution is the same as it has been for as many years as I can remember for just that - to make it is happy as I can and that goes for the garden too. I mean to enjoy it rain or shine but a bit more shine by happymarion

05/01/2013 12:06:03

by Elizabeth Bellis-Sheldon

What plant is this please

I have seen this plant a few times in cottage gardens. It is tall (about 3ft) with square stems and mauve flowers. Does anyone know what it is please? I would have said that it looks like the very popular Verbena bonariensis. And verbena does have by Poppy Red

06/09/2012 17:46:03

by Gary Hobson

Ideas for planters on patio?

We have bought two rectangular planters for our patio to sit under the kitchen window but have no idea what to put in them. We would like to use perennial cottage style plants (ideally purples/pinks) as with 3 children under 4, we do not always by LucyLocket5

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16/06/2012 17:08:05

by Mummy Muddy Paws

Pruning (or worse) a Myrtle Communis

Hi I hope someone can help with my problem. I have just bought a 200 year old house, called Myrtle Cottage. Its had this name for while (carved on the gatepost) and known as such in local history records going back to the mid 1840s at least by Catherine Joyce

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19/01/2012 20:58:36

by whitevanwoman

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