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first Rosa ‘Graham Thomas’ which I was growing as a climber struggled for some time. Then suddenly it came to life and bloomed prodigiously. I rang my father to tell him. 'Funny' he said, 'we buried him last week'. don't you just love all Roses, perfume

Can anyone help please ... I have two container planted pear trees (bought from a tv shopping channel last year) one of them has about 6 small fruits on the other just leaves. Also my container plum tree makes some fruit but they keep falling off

in for a closer look. Glorious!Don't be put off by their common name of stinking iris or stinking gladwyn. They really don't smell unless you crush their leaves, but I can't say I've ever noticed anything unpleasant. Iris foetidissima is a strong growing

varieties to grow at home.But for me, flavour remains high on my list of priorities, which is why old favourites like 'Conference' pears and 'Victoria' plums are hard to beat.Now let's just hope this growing season is an improvement on last year. It can

actually... I wonder what variety Waitrose grows. Do they all turn out the same? If it’s an F1 variety you could get lots of different tomatoes similar to the parents of the Waitrose ones, rather than the ones you bought…Grow5aday – I’ve never grown a plum

Good morning and happy 'Grow Your Own' Week to you all.There are, I have to admit, many other gardeners who are hotter on vegetable growing than me. Give me herbaceous borders and I can muddle through and make them look pretty good, but when

. What can I do to revive it? It's probably about 12 foot tall. I think some of the suckers are now growing in my next door's garden - and are in bloom! The neighbours fruit tree (plum?) is planted very close to the lilac. My husband has also used feed

of year. I’d start sowing now but I don’t want weak, leggy, light-starved plants.I’ve never had a blank canvas for a garden before. It’s not a big garden, but there’s room enough for a few mistakes. I’ll be growing most plants from seed, and scrounging

. Then off up the greenhouse devising a plan of what to grow this year....really made me smile...let's hope that this weather continues and we can all get out their and enjoy it. Enjoy your week everyone Thanks Yvonne, hopefully today will be nice as well

? I have taken last years seeds and i am growing some more.  I will be curious to see what colours the seeds turn out! Also the poppy has gone massive. Once its finished flowering when would be the best time to split it and how? Thanks in advance I