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now . iwas repotting my grape vines in one i found about 50 vine weevle grubs.i picked them out by hand washed roots then put in fresh compost then took great plesure feeding grubs to birds ,hope this dosent make me a bad person ,can any one tell me

and has very spiky thorns.  It flowers once, in June and attracts loads of insects.  The flowers are perfumed and followed by red hips for autumn bird food so a good plant for wildlife.  It will grow to 10 metres if allowed and should be trainable along

.No idea about 2 though! Agree that 1. is Acanthus - or Bear's Bum as it was known in our tiny garden that it dominated. I think 2. is Leyceteria formosa - pheasant berry. I think they both need rotating 90 deg. clockwise to look normal ;- ) Hi there - well

to hear from you. Hi Chapelgirl I cant help you, but noticed you live in France My mum and dad are great gardeners and live near Limoges. I bet my mum would know. Have you come across a very bright green snake yet!! My mum thought it was a lettuce leaf

). Emraa regarding slugs, try and encourage birds into your garden as they will eat the slugs. If you don't want to go down the chemical route a night time slug hunt by torch light will be needed. Put some beer in a bucket and just put them in there

and structure to your garden - just remember that they will need good quality compost - I find John Innes No 3 loam is the best one to use for trees - and this makes the pots heavy so if you want to move them around, plan how you're going to do this well

This is a tedious beginner gardener question.  My 'Wargraves Pink' and 'Kashmir Blue' are thriving and have done really well during the rain spells.  But my 'Mrs Kendall Clark' which were bought and planted a month ago only bloomed for 2 weeks

have been growing crops organically in my garden for 47 years and do not get the pest troubles other gardenrs have who spray chemoicals about because the garden is in equilibrium.  Frogs, hegdehogs and birds keep down the slugs and snails; ladybirds eat

was otherwise a light, airy (gale-blasted at times) & quite reasonably sized new back garden on solid clay sub-soil.Thirty years on it's still lighting up the Spring, holding up the fence, providing nesting places for local birds & requiring a severe 'haircut

Hello Folks, After a very long wait, with my front garden looking more like a bomb-site, I've finally been able to get it redesigned. With my home being a 1930's built bungalow, I decided upon a strong art-deco theme - a sunburst based upon a mirror