Dividing A Phyllostachys Aurea Hedge.
To divide your Phyllostachys aurea to form a new hedge I would first prepare the new hedge line by digging over a trench about 30cm wide and a spades depth and adding lots of...
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Winter Damage To Callestemon.
Callistemon or bottle brush plants – This years hard winter weather has causing them a few problem i.e the frost and snow.The leaves have become dry and brittle with frost and wind damage.Callistemon or...
Wedding Flowers Grow Your Own – New Service.
Wedding flowers A new service from GardenAdvice for wedding flowers with a personal touch. Wedding flowers plus – If you, your daughter, son or friends are planning to get married then this is a...
Cottage Soil Might Need Organic Matter.
Cottage soil organic matter – Often the soil found in old cottage type houses has over a number of years especially in the Victorian period has had ash added to it from the old...
Spring Chrysanthumum Cuttings.
If you have saved your chrysanthumum plants from last year by cutting them back potting them up and placing them in a glasshouse,they should now be starting to create new shoots.Once the shoot have...
Pruning Old Lavender Plants.
Pruning lavender plants is essential to keep them healthy and looking their best. Here are the steps to prune old lavender plants: Timing: The best time to prune lavender is in the spring, just...
Winter Damaged Ceanothus
As spring starts to get underway, you might find damaged leaves on your ceanothus which by late spring will have turned brown and start to fall. With Ceanothus it’s unlikely that new leaves will...
Chitting And Planting Potatoes.
Chitting potatoes before planting is strongly recommended. Chitting simply means encouraging seed potatoes to sprout before they are planted, giving them a valuable head start and helping them establish more quickly once in...
Fungal Diseases On Roses And Lavender.
Fungal diseases on Lavender and roses – as a summer control for the fungal disease I would recommend using Bordeaux Fungicide more details can be found at the following address. http://gardenadvice.co.uk/advisor/gardening-tips/bordeaux-fungicide/ As for the...
Indoor Orchid Dropping Flowers.
Indoor Orchids sometimes with out warning with drop all the open flowers they have on a single or a number of stems.This is normally due to a change in the environment such as a...
