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Every year I get a lot of holes in the leaves of all my plants in the greenhouse and outside I do not think it is slugs, can someone tell me the best way to treat this, I do try to be organic but maybe this needs a bit of welly! Many thanks when i

I just bought 2 Autumn Magic Aronia plants today. I was quite thrilled to find them, as I read how beautiful they are and they attract birds. I plan on planting them along the foundation of the house, with decorative rock underneath them. Am I going

I would like to divide and move a large curry plant. Is this a good time to do it If it is the plant I am thinking of it is  a shrub- you cannot divide a shrub. You can take cuttings- they root like lavender fairly easily-and if you move it now

My conservatory is unheated. It is hot on sunny days but the temperature drops considerably during the evenings and on cold, rainy days.  Can anyone suggest both flowering and non-flowering plants that I can grow successfully please? I do have

Can you please tell me is it possible to plant a apple tree now if so . What do i need to to make sure sets off on the right tracks. Thank you if you can help. The trouble with planting in the winter is picking the right moment-not when the ground

Can anyone tell what this evil-looking specimen is? I bought a potted aubretia plant which subsequently died and this odd-looking plant appeared in its place. The leaves are covered with strange funnel-like formations. I have never seen anything

I have a patch in my garden which has seen a number of plants die. The problem seems to have started since I placed a bird bath in the area. There are a number of wood pigeons in the area and they particularly like bathing in this particular bird

From time to time I succumb to the free offers in the magazine, and have mixed results, which makes me wonder how other people get along with them. Late last year I ordered 4 Papaver plants, paying only the postage, as usual with these offers

I have a shady area underneath my bamboo, for which I would like some planting.  However, I don't want the same old boring choices that books and magazines come up with.  Is there anything of interest I can choose?  Ideally I would like something

Anyone have suggestions on plants that rabbits will not eat.  My daughter has a smallish garden with a .75 metre raised bed about 10 metres long and .5 metre depth.  My grandson has two rabbits which have free roam of the garden, there are no gaps