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Advice on an acer palmatum
be happily maintained in full sun .... even south facing. It's the wind Brum Quote..".don't really agree with all the above, sorry peeps but have strong evidence to suggest Acers can be happily maintained in full sun .... even south facing."   We grow many by gardener bee
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17/04/2013 18:49:40
by Brumbull
Communal garden - council keeps destroying our plants
on in the garden and who's responsible.   Sometimes if you all guarantee that the garden will be maintained by the tenants, they can be persuaded to call the 'groundsment off (I won't call them gardeners).   Good luck  Unfortunately councils these days - and other by Name Withheld
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12/05/2013 15:56:43
by Joe_the_Gardener
attaching a trellis
need in the future to paint or maintain the fence you won't have a problem removing any plant material. Derek Battens are excellent as they allow room for air to circulate around the plant and thus reduce diseases such as mildew and climbing plants can by David 25
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11/03/2013 11:54:02
by David 25
Talkback: How to grow aubergines
of garden advice articles suggest 'maintaining a temperature of 21 degrees' Without heating my greenhouse, which is impractical and definitely not 'green' how is this achieved? My greenhouse varies in March, from 5 degrees to 30 degrees! i have had no luck by supersuzie1
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17/02/2012 14:11:05
by Patricia Freeman
Talkback: Future Gardens and Butterfly World
to maintain high impact plants and the accessorize!! I found some great stuff at www.gardenloverz.co.uk. I think that the British town and countryside would benefit if the railway companies were to sow wild flower seeds on the banks so that bees by susan16pen
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28/11/2011 18:39:15
by Habitat_Aid
Talkback: Gardening with children
up our pergola kit. It was fun and from then we spend time in maintaining our little garden once in a while. Thank you, James. Bookmarked the lot. Roll on Spring as I have a ferocious little digger - child, not Antipodean, I should add. Why is your by Sockanista
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28/11/2011 18:41:32
by pergola makers
Vigorous climber needed
's worth remembering that all the weight added to the tree by the climber can stress the trees branches and even bring them down in strong winds. The truth of the matter is that privacy is always a difficult thing to maintain, and there is no easy answer by Brilith
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21/02/2012 19:10:13
by yellowcone87
Whitefly
you need to maintain, which is rather tricky in an unheated greenhouse at the moment if you are in the UK! I plant french marigolds, whether they work or not... Ladybirds?  You can get ladybird attractant, adult ladybirds and ladybird larvae on t by COGIE
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12/06/2012 22:15:16
by Julie Stoakes
Bringing a pond back to life... error with 1st post
skills but have never built or maintained a pond before so any advice would be very much appreciated. It is a two tier pond, the higher tier appears to be a plastic base with no lining though seems to be intact, the bottom tier looks to be made of stone by Rebekah Grayson
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24/03/2012 23:19:11
by jean linsley
Rejuvinating old roses
all obvioulsy dead wood plus broken, damaged or twiggy growth and then assess what you have left. Prune the remaining stems down to outward facing buds to maintain an open form that allows air to flow and reduces disease.  Feed them generously by Annie5
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18/09/2012 13:53:57
by obelixx