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Why Choose Hydrangea petiolaris? Hydrangea petiolaris is a self‑clinging climber that brightens shady walls with frothy white lace‑cap flowers in early summer. Its tolerance of hard pruning makes it easier to keep within bounds than...
The ivy on your The ivy on your trees should be pruned every spring and autumn to keep is under control and to stop it from smothering the trees and killing them. Normally we would...
If you are into wildflower meadows clover in your lawn might be a very welcome sign as it has some fantastic flowers and attracts loads of bees and other insects. However if you are...
Every one is always complaining about slugs but in some cases especially in chalk soil area its not slugs that are the problem but snails.Often the advice we provide for such a snail problem...
A list of plants to provide colour and interest most of the year in a small sheltered garden. Cytisus battandieri Pieris ‘Forest Flame will need to be grown in a pot with acid compost...
How to water plants in hot weather Be careful when watering plants in hot weather as you can do more harm than good. It’s better to water later in the day as the sun...
Clover in your lawn you need to treat it with a weed killer called verdone which is the strongest chemical available for this purpose.The clover has a waxy leaf so will need treating several...
Moving your Rhododendron the best time to move it would be the autumn. However you could move it now as long as you can remove most of the roots with it as well Rhododendrons...
Composting plants with mildew it’s better not to place them on the compost heap as it might spread to other plants in the garden when you use the compost better to burn the clippings...
Much of the soil in central London started as a clay loam and then over a number of years especially in the Victorian period the ash from old house fires was added to the...
