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for wildlife. After the crop has grown, the gardener then has to get rid of the over nutrified water; it ends up in rivers and water courses, where the nutrients encourage the water plants to grow rapidly, de-oxygenating the water and effectively killing

Help!!!I have a pigmy water lilly which I have had for several years, in 2007 it had 11 flowers on it through the season and was stunning. Last year I re-potted it using proper water lilly compost and later on it developed some kind of illness which

I have a wildlife pond in my garden (5 x 4 metres) which had an assortment of water lilies in it (amongst other things). Last year I was given a water lily which I can't identify. The inside and outside of the petals are pink at the base

We would like to plant an attractive tree in our small garden. The area we anticipated using to plant it, gets quite water logged during periods of heavy rain but dries out when weather is dry. Can you suggest some trees that might be suitable

Set up an automatic watering system to look after greenhouse crops, patio pots and baskets if you're going on holidayRaise mower cutting height to leave lawns longer if the weather is very dryTrim conifers and other garden hedgesTop up the water

frosts.My garden in East London hasn't seen rain since before Christmas. We've had snow, of course, and the promise of rain - dark clouds, even a thunder storm, but no water (we did have a two minute shower last Friday but it by the time I recognised

Hello I have a mop head hydrangia that is in the wrong place. When would be the best time to move it somewhere else in the garden? After flowering-or in the autumn-but water well If you take out the whole root ball, you can remove them anytime

The gentle babble of flowing water from this urn water feature helps to create a calm and soothing mood in the garden. A water feature like this is really simple to assemble and is also a safe choice if you have young children

an existing greenhouse and know the name of the manufacturer, contact them first to see if they can supply a kit before heading for the DIY store.More on saving and using waterSaving water in your gardenAdvice on watering plantsInstalling an automatic watering

Chris Beardshaw demonstrates how to remove blanket weed from a pond and offers advice on adding marginal plants and oxygenators to reduce excess nitrogen.summerMore water gardening advicePlanting marginals in a containerGrowing marginal pond plants