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Lavatera
Hi all,  I am looking to plant some Lavatera or tree mallow, but when im looking online I can only see annual seed or dwarf bushes.  Does anyone know where I could find either a small plant or some seeds of the perennial types I think Dave what you by discodave
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03/02/2013 00:40:48
by Zoomer44
Talkback: Companion plants
Comfrey is also very good for early nectar. Even the allegedly less invasive types have good early flowers. Another hardy annual I let seed everywhere is love in a mist which comes back year after year. Ground lilac also is good source of nectar by Vida
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28/11/2011 18:38:45
by kerys welsh
Help with creating new border
sowing later. It's certainly cold and wet around this area and seeds will not germinate till the soil warms up. Chiltern Seeds and Thompson and Morgan sell a great range of hardy annual and shrub seeds, some of which need the frost to break the dormancy by Sue6
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01/02/2013 00:54:10
by Newcastle
Help with identifying this rapidly growing plant
. It is a acts like a climber and it grows around and tries to completely cover a other shrubs around. I am posting one more photo with the arrow pointing toward the stems; thicker older stems and new green branches.   Isn't Persicaria orientalis an annual by joab
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22/02/2013 16:34:58
by Susan Hughes2
ideas for a container on a SW facing wall
interest, hardy, fool proof and with very little shelter. I was hoping for a camelia or rhodo, (something I presume won't grow well in my neutral soil) Any ideas? Thanks I am a little confused, are you looking for a climber. Are you planning on using by debanslow
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07/06/2012 07:57:14
by debanslow
conifer
and this will itself limit the size of the tree. You should take it out annually and trim the roots by about an inch all around, then put fresh compost around it in the pot and also top it up with a bit of fresh compost. Keep it well-watered but don't be tempted to put by Wendy7
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13/02/2013 22:03:06
by Verdun
Last Year 2012
weather means we will get a good Summer. No logic to that but here's hoping. Dont' know MMP, once we get over this cold weather I would be tempted to sow some hardy annuals by Brumbull
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20/03/2013 22:27:48
by hollie hock
had your final frost yet - taking a gamble?
and was talking to the guy who is in charge of the plants. He said last week in May not before for planting bedding and annuals here in Scotland.   I'd go for it.  We're probably in for more frosts (Sheffield here, so may be local-ish), but grass survives being by Bagz
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12/04/2013 19:47:39
by Woodgreen wonderboy
LILY BULBS
then lift? It's really best to leave lilies until the green stems have died down (turned brown and brittle). It isn't absolutely necessary to lift. They are hardy and will stand very low temperatures. Although they don't like spending the Winter in wet soil by lindapalmara
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28/07/2012 14:42:52
by chainsawsal
Salvia Sclarea
you can almost guarantee you will have it year after year. I had a bit of trouble uploading the photos but got there in the end   Yes, S.s. Turkestanica. I can definitely cope with something that big and floriferous.  Is it very hardy or a bit whimpy by lovetogarden
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05/07/2012 22:38:42
by Dovefromabove