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Talkback: Growing buddleia for butterflies

On 28/11/2011 in forum

for increasing garden diversity as it’s blossom encourages Butterflies, Bees and Birds to visit the garden.If you love butterflies, low maintenance gardening and a beautiful scent, then this is the plant for you. I bought mine from Floraselect.co.uk based


Novice Gardener needs help

On 23/03/2012 in forum

in between - will try this. I will also have a look at whats on offer this weekend at the garden centre. There are so many gorgeous plants I want them all - heeheehee - wish me luck xx Hi for  low maintenance interest, adding some tallish grasses would be a


neighbours extention!

On 28/02/2013 in forum

We have a new view - Outside our patio doors we are now hit with our neighbours 4.5m high extention to the left - the garden at this point is narrow at only 4/5m deep and very wide at about 25-30 mtr - we currently have a narrow border all the way


shrub suggestions

On 07/01/2013 in forum

a long list of shrubs to add, but thought I'd ask if there is one particular one that I should have. I want to attract birds, bees and bufferflies. I want to keep it  fairly low1-1.5m. Many thanks, Bill I would go for lavenders, easy maintenance


Plum branches pointing down

On 01/05/2012 in forum

This thread stems (pardon the pun) from not knowing what a healthy Victoria Plum SHOULD look like. I only know what mine looks like, and it looks a bit sad! It's around 10 years old now (about 8 of which have been in my garden) with a main stem


Golden leylandi

On 09/03/2013 in forum

there might be some avenues you could explore - I don't know whereabouts you live, but a lot of councils now take part in this scheme https://www.gov.uk/garden-maintenance-council-tenants, you can put your postcode in and see. Also Age UK may be able to help


Screening

On 16/12/2012 in forum

15 ft min. I have thought of pyracantha on trellis. It needs to be low maintenance due to space restrictions. Any ideas please. I have grown a conifer in the corner but growing very slowly at the moment. HELP! Have you seen the topic below this one


Plant id and rescue plans

On 20/04/2013 in forum

of that one in my garden here, I think it's the same one...:- http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/plants/advice-required-for-low-maintenance-raised-beds/78511.html very hard to tell.. as for that little conifer that appears to have lost it's lower branches


New Gardener . . . New House . . . What would you plant?

On 05/01/2013 in forum

that's a great idea.  @Kate  Thank you for your specificity I will take a look at the ones you recommend.  Great ideas, thank you very much! We've recently taken over a new garden, which was 'low maintenance'- I'm planning to put in a lot of colourful


Best method for a hedgerow in tarmac.

On 25/04/2013 in forum

As usual left to muggins here to sort out yet another blown down fence in the garden. This time however it is actually my side - so no choice. Now, i was tempted to put up a fence...but the thought ( and major expense ) of digging in tarmac


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