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Am a real newbie to the Gardening world and need some advice with a pear tree we have inherited with our new house.  We had some pears appear on this tree this year but all didn’t look too healthy, majority of the leaves have black spots

Hi, I'm digging up a large portion of my lawn to make a veg patch and herb garden.  I'm also planning to grow some fruit (pears, gooseberries and a grapevine).  Part of the lawn had fairy rings and the soil beneath the turf is very dry and full

I'm looking to plant a tree at the end of my garden to give a bit of privacy and interest. Preferably something that flowers but grows up to 10 metres high with a spread of up 5 metres. Any suggestions? All depends really on what you want   Crab

in succession, passing the pollen from one tree to another, so it can be quite complicated deciding what variety of tree to plant.  But if, for example,  you like pears, and the garden next door has a pear tree growing in it, you could find out which type

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please or ps  apple tree did the same died last year Is this a joke?-I would quit while you are ahead-- growing frute trees- even plumbs is not for you-try growing veg   r the apple trees in pots aswell? I didnt get any pears of my well established pear

suggests. Make it an 'edible' hedge too - grow your own hazelnuts, sloes, rosehips, crab apples, elderberries and wild pears. Anything you don't eat will be eaten by the birds in winter, while the flowers will provide a long season of pollen and nectar

weeds. Plant month Later. Does the pear tree cast much shade? A lot of annuals prefer to grow in sun. Busy-Lizzies (Impatiens) and bedding begonias are OK with shade. They are quite slow to grow from seed so probably best to buy small plants and plant

Hi, our stephanotis has a pear like fruit on it. It has been there since late summer but doesn't seem to be doing anything, any tips? Hi Yvonne , there is some useful information on here. http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/Profile.aspx?pid=623 I

Around the gardenTake cuttings from pansies and violasPot up tender perennials grown outside Prune rambling roses after floweringFlowersFinish summer pruning trained apple and pear treesHarvest apples, pears, plums and gages as they ripenSave seeds from varieties