Category: Head Gardener

Question Any gardening tips on caring for Chamaerops humilis. Answer With regards to your question on Chamaerops humilis below is some basic information we found on the BBC web site.In addition to this I...

Moving perennial plants infected with horse tail weed.Often an area over run with horse tail can be difficult to control.Its best to start a fresh by removing the plants and treating the area with...

Chamaemelum nobile dwarf seed is a strain of a very dwarf compact spreading form of chamomile – not to be confused with the taller growing herbal varieties of chamomile.Having said that it will need...

Brown buds on your camellia that are more on the outside of the plant and not the centre of the plant are often caused by exposure to cold frosty and windy weather in the...

With regards to your question on how to prune your clematis is a tricky one. If you can remember when your Clematis flowered this will help.As you have probably seen there are three main...

Question My Walnut tree has developed discoloured leaves and has not produced my fruit this year any idea what the problem is . Answer Walnut tree bearing fruit – has it borne fruit other...

Question My Trailing viola flowers are being eaten by an unknown pest,there are not signs of slugs or mice . Answer Viola flowers being eaten do you have rabbits in the garden?Violas are one...

How to take a geranium cutting the best way is to cut 10cm/ 4 inch lengths directly under a pair of leaves.Take these leaves off and possibly the ones above and put the end...

planting under trees it does depend a bit whether they are deciduous trees or coniferous/ evergreen trees.There are plenty of suitable plants for under deciduous trees, there are a vast array of ferns,Skimmias, Sarcococca...