Cat Problems In The Garden.
Unwanted visits to your garden by cats can be solved by planting Cat Shoo or Coleus Canina is a firm but gentle deterrent. An attractive grey-green foliage plant with a scent which cats and...
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Cutting Tree Roots.
Cutting tree roots – Normally you can reduce the total of tree roots by 20 percent without effecting a tree to much,however this should not be carried out in the spring and is ideally...
Control of Fairy Rings In Lawns.
Fairy rings are circular patterns of mushrooms that can appear on lawns. They are caused by fungi that break down organic matter in the soil, leaving behind a zone of dead or dying grass....
Boxed Up.
The Buxus – Here at GardenAdvice we have been receiving numerous questions about the Buxus or Box Plant.The Buxus plant is a fine textured evergreen shrub that tolerates pruning and shearing well.Buxus or Boxwood...
Is Ivy Getting Out Of Control In Your Garden.
Ivy Emergency- Any vine that gets out of control in the garden can become a problem and if you don’t like the plant there is no use keeping it around. Ivy grows by putting...
Non Flowering Daffodils.
Non flowering daffodils in the spring are normal caused by one of two reasons.The first being if the daffodils have been cut back to early the previous year which would not have allowed enough...
Datura Plants Poisonous To Children.
All Datura plants contain tropane alkaloids such as scopolamine,hyoscyamine, and atropine.Primarily in their seeds and flowers so are dangerous to children and adults.Because of the presence of these substances,Datura has been used for centuries...
Re-Pointing A Patio.
To point a newly laid patio or to re-point a patio you need to mix 4 part sand(ideally a builders sand)to two part cement.Mix with water that has a few drops of Plasticizer(available from...
Removal Of Tree Stumps.
The removal of tree stumps there are three methods we use to remove tree stumps.The first being to employee a contractor with a stump grinder to remove the stumps.You can hire the stump grinder...
Growing Bottle Brush (Callistemon) Plants.
Bottle brush plants or Callistemon in the UK and Europe plants that have been introduced from a warmer climate mainly Australia.They are not fully hardy and so need to be planted in a sheltered...
