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Bought and planted (2 days ago) two of these lovely  about 1 foot high Skimmia japonica 'Thereza' which should fill dappled shade/moist soil gaps in a small border when they eventually  grow to their full size.    However, as have bought them likely at peak of flowering (?) - am ...

Bought a couple of these at a local plant sale to put with other Alpines and thought I'd plant as with other Alpines.  However, I've since been told that they are difficult to grow and keep and are much affected by cold and wet in the UK.  Does anybody grow these or had success w...

Hi everybody.  Question about this Aruncus.  Bought it in a small pot Spring 2011 - it produced one flowering stalk in June which died and that was it for the year.  Transplanted it in September 2011, it disappeared underground for the winter and appeared in March 2012 at which t...

Appeal for help from anyone who knows these Penstemon.  Bought 2 in pots in May when they were about 6" high and planted the same day. I bought them because I was dazzled by the photograph of the flowering plant on the pot label and because I had read they had proved to be prolif...

Dug up these in badly compacted lawn today.  Anyone know what they are and if they indicate a problem or not?   Small lawn has been sown two years in a row, April 2010 and April/May 2011.  Whenever it gets to Spring more than half the lawn disappears and I'm left with just hard c...

Summary:  New to gardening (3 years).  Small garden so space very limited. 1st year - grew up one line of canes in front of border fence - grew to about 7ft, good weather that year, lots of blooms. 2nd Year - used 8' canes in a line (no room for any other type of support).  Peas ...

Can anyone advise me what to do with these plants?  I bought 4 small plants on offer  in 3" pots in March.  They were the last leftover in the shop and had flowered for quite some time when bought.  I knew they wouldn't be in flower for much longer but they were so pretty and off...

Here is pic of young Cistus 'Snowfire' I bought and planted early May.  Soil is clay, acidic to neutral with garden compost added month or so before planting.   Also put grit in planting hole when planting. Question is - is it  unhappy/dormant, as it doesn't look any different fr...

I have two Leonard's Variety which have only been in the ground since early May.  Soil is improved clay, acid, moist and are in  partial shade but with sun most of the day.  Were planted with handfull of grit and bonemeal in the planting hole.  They flowered beautifully until a w...