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Clearing nettles

, leave them on athe lawn or a path to dry out for a few days so they are properly dead. Best to do this with all perennial weeds. Was it SBK brush wood killer? Bit extreme for nettles, but you can still get this from Amazon ( * I think * ). Any by Dorisduck

20/05/2013 14:26:38

by Woodgreen wonderboy

realy big empty garden

by Piet Oudolf and The New Perennial Garden by Noel Kingsbury. Once the perennials are established they will reduce the weeding by forming a weed suppressing layer over the soil, and as for pruning what pruning just cut the whole thing down to the ground by Diana Reynolds

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09/07/2012 16:29:12

by obelixx

Please help me design my garden - part 1

planted a couple of rose bushes (which are still alive!) and some other bush that I don't know what it is. Also some marigolds that did ok. Now this year I want to think more long term - I would like to plant some flowering perennials and other pretty by Laura P

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05/05/2013 15:56:15

by Mummy Muddy Paws

Favourite tools

without, and why? Oh, secateurs, Kate. There always seems to be something needing pruned back from the paths in my garden. Otherwise i woud be getting scratched or poked in the eye frequently. And an old dinner fork for weeding in my pots. The broken by Kate Bradbury

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28/04/2012 10:06:36

by Marinelilium

what can I put in compost

'm sure it's ok to put bits I cut back from perennials. Some pelargoniums I tries to overwinter died and had whitish dust on them, can these be included? What about weeds from cracks in paving including grass? Finally what about moss growing on the top by Bev Pounsett-Krynauw

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20/02/2013 13:28:11

by Super Gran

Plant identifying help

I just moved to a house with a wonderful and established garden. There is a plant growing and I have no idea if it is a weed or a plant. It grows a bit like a rosette with long furry green leaves (about 25cm long). No sign of any flowers. I by GlosGardener

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06/06/2012 15:11:04

by Emma Crawforth

Killing a lawn and starting again

on the green leaf it touches. Then rake off dead thatch. Otherwise you can dig up the existing grass in turves and turn them over, grass side down, which will be a bit like using green manure. Weedkiller is best if it is full of perennial weeds. Rotovate by sjlawton

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22/02/2013 12:42:18

by SwissSue

Are sterile plants any good for wildlife?

which will soon be ready for planting out http://www.thompson-morgan.com/flowers/flower-seeds/perennial-and-biennial-seeds/digitalis-purpurea-pams-choice/4225TM , which I hope will bring some light to a dark corner under some trees - they're the first by Lunarz

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02/08/2012 15:05:24

by obelixx

Talkback: Summer bedding plants

, detest bedding with a passion....mainly for the reason's you stated. I prefer to grow perennials from seed and watch them grown into strong mature plants over the years. I tend to fill up with cosmos and california poppies where possible, but inevitably by sarahs pondlife...

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28/11/2011 18:43:44

by 22bascote

Talkback: Gardening by the moon

annuals and perennials(this applies to 'fruit' as well - see above).If your flowers are annuals, the optimum time is in period 1 and 2, (between the new moon and the full moon). Anything that is a perennials should be planted in the third period (after by flamingkaty

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03/08/2012 16:15:34

by obelixx

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