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Please identify this plant
, or they grow to pest proportions quite rapidly. They are perennial, with a thick taproot, and will re-grow from any scrap of root. Welsh poppies - meconopsis cambrica. once you have them they will take over which is lovely if all you have are weeds. V hard by Andrew Rimmer
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18/07/2012 11:00:12
by Moonlit Hare
Composting
will upset the good bacteria and apart from the well versed no-nos of cooked or treated products, don't add anything that is diseased, looks like a perennial weed or has a lot o seeds because generally speaking, our homegrown compost doesn't get hot enough by Chris Norton
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16/05/2012 08:38:57
by gardeningfantic
Under tree planting
japonica(cos I like it - spring) Buddleiea globosa (yellow ball type flowers- earlt summer). Weigelia (early summer , lilac, sambucus nigra, hydrangea vanille frais (late summer) At moment is underplanted with weeds, snowdrops, daffodils, muscari by Bunny..
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07/03/2013 21:46:56
by smflyman
worth buying primroses now?
will be soon leave the plants alone apart from weeding, the top growth will also die back then start to come again in Autumn. Clean around the plants and a mulch of compost around them then leave to flower.After flowering next year lift and divide the plants re by djjjuk
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16/04/2013 22:30:34
by nutcutlet
Problem with Bluebells
I'm not sure if they're English or Spanish bluebells but this year 4 large clumps have come up right in the middle of my main summer perennial boarder, squeezing everything that has previously grown there out. I know in the wild you're not allowed by Leggi
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15/05/2013 22:01:33
by BobTheGardener
Talkback: Japanese anemones
the plants from the area thinking they had been eradicated. Following this i planted up the border with many perennials, but the anemone keeps on fighting its way through and over powering all my other plants. I constantly pull it out so its getting better by Honesty
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28/11/2011 18:37:26
by plorse
Vine Weevil
with lovely beds and was going to transfer my perennials from the pots to the beds but am having to throw the whole lot out because they're riddled with vine weevil. I've drenched them in the past but can't bear to risk it so am just starting again by Harry Sinclair
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29/01/2012 12:20:20
by Dave Shah
Rockery plan
bags? Thanks If only it was that simple!  I'm afraid your plan will have your rockery plants despairing in a year or two.  take your time and do it properly.  First you have to get rid of the grass and any perennial weeds by keeping out the light (bin by pash2
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20/06/2012 20:24:26
by pash2
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
A Compost recipe !!
- help microbes grow and multiply - things like Grass clippings Coffee grounds/tea bags Vegetable and fruit scraps Trimmings from perennial and annual plants Annual weeds that haven't set seed Eggshells Animal manures (cow, horse, sheep, chicken, rabbit by marshmello
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20/04/2012 13:19:08
by marshmello