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Flowers garden job checklist - week 13

On 23/11/2011 in Flowers checklists

with low-growing stems can be propagated by layering, such as honeysuckle, mock orange (Philadelphus), rhododendron, magnolia and forsythiaDig up and divide clumps of winter aconitesPlant new shrubs and hardy perennialsCut away old foliage on Christmas


Osteospermum and lantana pot display

On 22/07/2011 in Pots & containers: Summer

, these summery, golden flowers burst through a soft, shimmering helichrysum and the multi-tonal shrub, Lantana camara.March - April June - August40 minutesHelichrysum petiolare 'Limelight'Osteospermum 'Orange Symphony' or O. 'Lemon Symphony' x2Lantana camara


Talkback: How to prune spring-flowering plants

On 24/11/2011 in forum

ones! Previously, once the flowers had faded and disappeared, I didn't have a clue which ones I had to prune as there were no longer any flowers to guide me. Thanks. i have a very over grown 'woody' Mexican orange blossom in my new inherited garden


container

On 25/04/2013 in forum

- if it had flowers/blossom that would be great. Hiya madcatjo, Choisya ...Mexican orange blossom....is an evergreen comact shrub with bay.scented leaves and wonderful rich fragrance in spring and early summer.  Easily,pruned to nice round shape.  There


Talkback: First butterflies of the year

On 28/11/2011 in forum

? Thank you for the name and picture of the speckled wood butterfly - we've had one come for several years and I couldn't find the picture in our book. We've also had a holly blue this week, and an orange tip. Peacocks came a couple of weeks ago, and our


Talkback: A rose by any other name...

On 17/04/2012 in forum

my miny rose is flowering lovely and my friend has a lovely dark red and a climing white un named in full flower they look lovely We have a banksiae rose which we planted 3 years ago to climb over an arch way. It has grown very well but we can


Echinaceas

On 24/07/2012 in forum

brilliant orange and about to flower any day now, it was left in the ground last year. Hot Papya is a double red, strong and long flowering and is now in its second year. This one was potted up in greenhouse for winter. Want to try more though


Dandelion

On 19/10/2011 in Problems: Weeds

surrounding gardens, fields and waste-ground.Clump of leaves growing from a single or multiple point. Leaves and flower stalks ooze a milky substance when snapped. Bright yellow-orange flowers are followed by a fluffy seedhead or dandelion 'clock


Groundsel

On 19/10/2011 in Problems: Weeds

in from surrounding gardens, fields and waste ground.A bushy weed that bears small yellow flowers and fluffy seedheads. Its leaves often have orange-brown pustules of rust fungus in summer and autumn, which can spread to cultivated plants. Pull out young


Potted Lilly Companions Please

On 16/01/2013 in forum

lilies. I thought it would be interesting to grow a blue-flowering climber (Ipomoea) up a tall orange lily.I found 3 problems: Lilies have a short flowering period, so it's difficult to synchronise flowering times. Also lilies also like a rich compost


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