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colour in a shady garden??

is planted and scattered the seed of yellow Corydalis which grows very well in shady areas. It's a wild plant and is rampant but is very effective and very colourful in problem areas. I have a shady bank under trees - apart from greenery (ferns, hostas etc by one girl and her dog(s)

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01/07/2012 05:56:38

by auntie betty

Oak Tree Planting

'apparently'. I'm also surprised that a 2-year old tree could be 5'. Oaks normally grow at the rate of about 1 foot per year. Gary is correct, 1-2 years I would have thought would be wips, not 5ft trees. As long as they are not bare root (ie in soil) then you by PD68

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07/05/2012 12:29:17

by Bookertoo

more coming soon

of youth. Oh, and having a regularly-flooded front garden. I'm a grumpy old gran'fer, wedded to my wife and the 'lotty. I have a passion for compost, and all veggies, wildlife and pond life. We have 8 fat frogs in our makeshift pond, nice mint growing by weejenny

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28/06/2012 22:29:04

by weejenny

Talkback: Native versus non-native plants

I try and grow a lot of flowers for bees, and this year I have grown forget me nots and egg plant. I hate seeing front gardens that have been concreted over and no plants at all, doing this doesn't help the wild life at all. We can all do our bit by donutsmrs

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03/07/2012 10:42:58

by Gracie5

Perennial project the forum way

spikey plants like Veronica's, agastaches, dwarf delphiniums. A couple of good well chosen hellebores, couple of hostas, Heucheras and a wonderful grass called hackonechloa would be on my list. Carex testacea is lovely olive "grass" that would grow by Verdun

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09/04/2013 23:37:45

by Salino

Why did you all start gardening?

helped my dad with the weeding and hoeing. Then when l was five l was given my own small patch next to the greenhouse where l would grow radishes,lettuce,a few peas l would always eat raw,candytuff flowers l would grow for the faeries to pick! My jobs by Busy-Lizzie

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01/01/2013 23:35:50

by Busy-Lizzie

Talkback: Cherry blossom

the apple blossom is partucularly good this year too. Has anyone else found this? Mary - this is the third year running the fruit blossom has been particularly good due, I believe, to the wet summer the year before. If we do not have a late frost to kill by Scrapcat

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28/11/2011 18:38:32

by HerrRoma

Talkback: Garden bird care in winter

from the weather and predators. So evergreens come into their own at this time of year and every garden should have at least one. Also the leaf litter below is usually free of frost so it is here I dispense a chopped desert apple to please the robin by mizzzy

28/11/2011 18:40:10

by carly

Talkback: Tidying your garden in autumn

starberrys and others An old chestnut this one. As a gardener in North London it's a conundrum I face often - and not just in Autumn. In my experience there has been a growing shift away from designer lead, sharp edged gardens towards a greener, more tolerant by petethegardener

28/11/2011 18:41:26

by elle m

Flippin' pigeons

.. they seem to keep even the rooks and cats away. Might sound odd but have you considered tying in another (empty) basket on top of your planted ones to form a sort of ball? Your plants will grow through and cover the top one, keep the pigeons off and maybe by Bookertoo

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16/06/2012 15:16:53

by Mary6

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