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I have been given a very small artimesia 'Powis Castle'
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11 Nov, 2024 Pennyfarthing
Thank you to whoever suggested Adblock
3 Nov, 2024 Pennyfarthing
Leaving until adverts are sorted
4 replies
21 Sep, 2024 Pennyfarthing
With advancing age and arthritis I find the idea of 'No Dig' gardening very...
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10 Aug, 2024 Pennyfarthing
Salvia Amistad
20 Jul, 2024 Pennyfarthing
Ceanothus. I want to buy my daughter one of these for her small Yorkshire garden
3 replies
2 Jul, 2024 Pennyfarthing
Baptisia. I have one of these and it's an unknown plant to me
7 May, 2024 Pennyfarthing
For Xela, I am sending you a pm
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3 Mar, 2024 Pennyfarthing
I have a shady north facing border on clay
2 Feb, 2024 Pennyfarthing
Zonal geraniums I have conflicting advice on overwintering my geraniums
17 Jan, 2024 Pennyfarthing
Pruning a rambler and a common hawthorn.
5 Jan, 2024 Pennyfarthing
Japanese Anemones
10 replies
3 Jan, 2024 Pennyfarthing
Stipa tenuissima
4 Nov, 2023 Pennyfarthing
chionodoxa Will these flower in shade?
7 replies
30 Oct, 2023 Pennyfarthing
With reference to the black spot question
13 Oct, 2023 Pennyfarthing
Hello Gardeners of Yorkshire
11 Sep, 2023 Pennyfarthing
I have a number of little self sown cotoneaster horizontalis seedlings popping up...
13 Aug, 2023 Pennyfarthing
Would it be all right to move London Pride now?
1 reply
19 Jul, 2023 Pennyfarthing
Clematis 'Star of India' I bought this as a small plant to climb up a post...
30 Apr, 2023 Pennyfarthing
The frogs have arrived in my pond overnight
17 Feb, 2023 Pennyfarthing
My zonal geraniums
2 Feb, 2023 Pennyfarthing
I would like some foxgloves that will self seed
15 Jan, 2023 Pennyfarthing
Why have I got Nigel Farage ranting on at the top and side edges of my Questions...
6 Jan, 2023 Pennyfarthing
Madly overgrown rose
1 Dec, 2022 Pennyfarthing
I have a rose that has been struggling for a couple of years or more in spite of...
8 replies
21 Nov, 2022 Pennyfarthing
Clematis (montana?
28 Oct, 2022 Pennyfarthing
Fuchsia I have been given one of those old fashioned fuchsias with cascades of small...
17 Oct, 2022 Pennyfarthing
Scilla Peruviana I have 5 of these about 2 inches tall
12 Oct, 2022 Pennyfarthing
I've found a few self sown cerinthe plants about 6 ins tall in one of my tubs
21 Sep, 2022 Pennyfarthing
Is this a good time to buy hardy perennials in 9cm pots or would it be better to...
3 Sep, 2022 Pennyfarthing
I've just seen an advert for anemone blanda corms and am very tempted as they...
5 Jul, 2022 Pennyfarthing
I've found some collected seeds I forgot to scatter earlier in the year
10 Jun, 2022 Pennyfarthing
Is it difficult to grow petrovska
10 May, 2022 Pennyfarthing
I have been presented with a galvanized steel tank about 3ft long by 2ft by 2ft
6 replies
12 Feb, 2022 Pennyfarthing
When cutting down phlox should I cut the stems to the ground or halfway?
12 Oct, 2021 Pennyfarthing
Perennial salvias
21 Aug, 2021 Pennyfarthing
Maidenhair fern
8 Aug, 2021 Pennyfarthing
Vine weevils When is the best time to apply vine weevil killer?
13 Jul, 2021 Pennyfarthing
Freesias I had some freesias as a 'free gift' last year
30 Apr, 2021 Pennyfarthing
Pinks Does anyone have advice on growing these?
29 Apr, 2021 Pennyfarthing
ChoisyaI bought a little plant in the spring but I've lost the info on which...
26 Apr, 2021 Pennyfarthing
Spent bulbs I read on here once that bulbs that have finished flowering should be...
My sweet peas are getting long and twirly
13 Apr, 2021 Pennyfarthing
Miracles do happen
23 Mar, 2021 Pennyfarthing
Wormery! I have inherited a wormery with a tower of 3 trays which sit on a base...
3 Mar, 2021 Pennyfarthing
Hardy arum lilies
26 Nov, 2020 Pennyfarthing
Salvia 'Hotlips'
17 Nov, 2020 Pennyfarthing
At Last!! I can see photos again after a couple of months of blanks
Cats! Has anyone found an effective way of preventing them from messing in flower...
13 Nov, 2020 Pennyfarthing
Sedums and Sempervivums A few weeks ago on Gardeners' World Monty Don was taking...
24 Oct, 2020 Pennyfarthing
I haven't been on for a while and now I can't see any of the photos sent...
7 Oct, 2020 Pennyfarthing
Androsace. 2 years ago I bought a single plant
2 Sep, 2020 Pennyfarthing
Black holly berries
6 Aug, 2020 Pennyfarthing
Wallflowers
19 Jul, 2020 Pennyfarthing
I have a flower gap right now
10 Jul, 2020 Pennyfarthing
I love roses and clematis and would like to grow them to flower together but I'm...
30 Jun, 2020 Pennyfarthing
My Rose 'Cecile Brunner' has outgrown its space by far
28 Jun, 2020 Pennyfarthing
I' ve rooted a cutting from a spray carnation.
21 Jun, 2020 Pennyfarthing
My antirrhinums are getting tall and a bit spindly
My daughter has taken delivery of some bare-root hawthorns for hedging
15 Apr, 2020 Pennyfarthing
Begonias, the big blousy ones
14 Apr, 2020 Pennyfarthing
Ideas for creepers or climbers please
28 Mar, 2020 Pennyfarthing
Vine weevil EEEurrh
13 Jan, 2020 Pennyfarthing
Auriculas In a mad moment last spring I bought some auriculas
23 Oct, 2019 Pennyfarthing
Androsace septentrionalis 'Stardust'
28 Sep, 2019 Pennyfarthing
I have 3 stone containers which I call my fonts
Ceanothus, I didn't prune my ceanothus after it flowered this spring and now...
19 Sep, 2019 Pennyfarthing
Scilla Peruviana
16 Sep, 2019 Pennyfarthing
Re my question about Eupatorium Maculatum
11 replies
9 Sep, 2019 Pennyfarthing
Gardeners' World last night
7 Sep, 2019 Pennyfarthing
Salvia Hotlips
20 Aug, 2019 Pennyfarthing
Croposma Tequila Sunrise
9 Aug, 2019 Pennyfarthing
Sambucus Nigra
18 Jul, 2019 Pennyfarthing
I want to buy a 2 year old potted clematis "Wesselton" but will not have...
14 Jul, 2019 Pennyfarthing
Shrubs to prevent flooding?
7 Jul, 2019 Pennyfarthing
Hampton Court Flower Show
1 Jul, 2019 Pennyfarthing
Penstemon 'Dark Towers' I bought this last week and am wondering where to...
18 May, 2019 Pennyfarthing
Freesias. I have been sent some freesia corms
Holly trees
11 May, 2019 Pennyfarthing
Are busy lizzies of any use to bees?
28 Apr, 2019 Pennyfarthing
Peach leaf curl
Clematis. What is the best time to take clematis cuttings please?
25 Apr, 2019 Pennyfarthing
I have found vine weevil in 2 of my potted heucheras
28 Mar, 2019 Pennyfarthing
Blueberry plants--a bewildering choice
23 Mar, 2019 Pennyfarthing
Identification without a photo please
22 Mar, 2019 Pennyfarthing
Clematis. I took some cuttings from my brother's beautiful creamy bell- like...
15 Mar, 2019 Pennyfarthing
Martagon lilies
2 Mar, 2019 Pennyfarthing
When is the best time to buy new pond plants and floating pondweed?
29 Jan, 2019 Pennyfarthing
New garden arch
5 Jan, 2019 Pennyfarthing
Does anyone grow leucocoryne?
13 Dec, 2018 Pennyfarthing
Antirrhinums
15 Nov, 2018 Pennyfarthing
Clematis pruning group B
8 Nov, 2018 Pennyfarthing
Clematis cuttings
6 Oct, 2018 Pennyfarthing
I have 3 clematis that I bought as very small plants three years ago and repotted...
23 Sep, 2018 Pennyfarthing
I'm planning to plant hardy ferns in a shaded spot
20 Sep, 2018 Pennyfarthing
I found myself unable to resist 2 erodium plants today at the nursery
9 Sep, 2018 Pennyfarthing
Ageratum. For information
30 Aug, 2018 Pennyfarthing
Lychnis Coronarius I used to have crimson and pink ones but in the last 2 years
25 Aug, 2018 Pennyfarthing
Weeping "pussy palm" willow
Heuchera. When is a good time to divide heucheras?
28 Jul, 2018 Pennyfarthing
Patio or small rose bush
9 replies
25 Jul, 2018 Pennyfarthing
Less labour intensive borders
12 replies
11 Jul, 2018 Pennyfarthing
Stag beetles
1 Jul, 2018 Pennyfarthing
Note to Owdboggy
Martagon Lily
Regretfully returning border to grass
18 Jun, 2018 Pennyfarthing
I have an asparagus pea plant
3 Jun, 2018 Pennyfarthing
Lifting tulips to store
9 May, 2018 Pennyfarthing
Lonicera periclymenum
4 Apr, 2018 Pennyfarthing
Weed suppressant membrane
22 Mar, 2018 Pennyfarthing
pelargonium geraniums
13 Mar, 2018 Pennyfarthing
"No dig" and mulching
15 replies
4 Mar, 2018 Pennyfarthing
Frogspawn! Too early I fear
24 Feb, 2018 Pennyfarthing
Foxgloves. Are the rather grand looking cultivated foxgloves or hybrids any good...
20 Feb, 2018 Pennyfarthing
Sorry SBG, I was just explaining why the y was missing off 'years' in my...
18 Jan, 2018 Pennyfarthing
Um, Years! Sorry
17 Jan, 2018 Pennyfarthing
A potted laurus nobilis or bay tree
Buddleja Weyeriana Sungold I had one of these which got really out of hand and in...
13 Jan, 2018 Pennyfarthing
BuddlejaI'm confused over when to prune
31 Dec, 2017 Pennyfarthing
Cast iron poppy bird feeders
29 Dec, 2017 Pennyfarthing
Succulent that looks like pebbles
18 Dec, 2017 Pennyfarthing
My neighbour's daughter has brought round her chilli plants to overwinter in...
22 Nov, 2017 Pennyfarthing
Thank you Bamboo
18 Nov, 2017 Pennyfarthing
Hebe Addendum
17 Nov, 2017 Pennyfarthing
Can I move large ferns now although they haven't died down?
5 Nov, 2017 Pennyfarthing
Lawn (supposedly
20 Oct, 2017 Pennyfarthing
Tulips I read somewhere that
16 Oct, 2017 Pennyfarthing
Holly bush
6 Oct, 2017 Pennyfarthing
I've bought an acorus
2 Sep, 2017 Pennyfarthing
Last year I was given a free pack of tulips with some others I'd bought
9 Aug, 2017 Pennyfarthing
Amelanchier lamarkii Any one know why the leaves are curling longitudinally on about...
5 Aug, 2017 Pennyfarthing
Erythroniums advice please
16 Jul, 2017 Pennyfarthing
Memory lapse
12 Jun, 2017 Pennyfarthing
Hedging plant or shrub with grey foliage and small sweet smelling bell-like flowers...
20 May, 2017 Pennyfarthing
Using sequestrine
5 May, 2017 Pennyfarthing
My wonderful clematis Wesselton has outgrown its support
22 Apr, 2017 Pennyfarthing
Crinkly curly hosepipes
10 Apr, 2017 Pennyfarthing
Gemmz' question on bark
4 Apr, 2017 Pennyfarthing
Bark chippings
Vinca minor Atropupurea
16 replies
12 Feb, 2017 Pennyfarthing
Coloured primroses
3 Feb, 2017 Pennyfarthing
Erysimum, In the autumn I bought a dozen plug plants of different colours and potted...
22 Jan, 2017 Pennyfarthing
Can anyone recommend a hardy and reliable small to medium height tree with a dainty...
22 replies
6 Jan, 2017 Pennyfarthing
Mulching roses
7 Nov, 2016 Pennyfarthing
I have 2 common white summer jasmine plants which have grown profusely but haven't...
20 Sep, 2016 Pennyfarthing
My 10 year old lilac tree has become rather ugly in form and ungainly looking
18 Sep, 2016 Pennyfarthing
Ants in a pot
13 May, 2016 Pennyfarthing
Advice on a suitable conifer please
21 Apr, 2016 Pennyfarthing
Rose Alberic Barbier
6 Feb, 2016 Pennyfarthing
In view of the mild winter weather
30 Dec, 2015 Pennyfarthing
Please could you identify this shrub for me?
29 Dec, 2015 Pennyfarthing
Amelanchier I have an amelanchier in an isolated bed
26 Jul, 2015 Pennyfarthing
Rejoice! It looks like rain at last
7 Jul, 2015 Pennyfarthing
Naughty Cecile
6 Jul, 2015 Pennyfarthing
Infestation of viburnum beetle
18 Jun, 2015 Pennyfarthing
When to feed spring bulbs?
13 Jun, 2015 Pennyfarthing
Yew tree--how dangerous to children?
14 Apr, 2015 Pennyfarthing
Rose--what is wrong with it
13 Apr, 2015 Pennyfarthing
Wormery liquid
6 Apr, 2015 Pennyfarthing
Clematis Betty Corning
i want to replace my clematis montana but can't decide between 'Mayleen'...
9 Mar, 2015 Pennyfarthing
Chinese Redbud I'm tempted to buy this tree
I have a pinkcamellia
21 Feb, 2015 Pennyfarthing
Heuchera. Please could you tell me whether heuchera newly planted in a window box...
10 Oct, 2014 Pennyfarthing
Heathers My neighbour wants to plant some heathers and asked me whether it would...
8 Jun, 2014 Pennyfarthing
Acknowledging answers
19 replies
28 Apr, 2014 Pennyfarthing
Clematis Macropetala 'Wesselton' I have this in full bloom at the moment...
9 Apr, 2014 Pennyfarthing
Lawn Mower advice please
2 Mar, 2014 Pennyfarthing
Roses: Groundcover versus Patio roses
15 Jan, 2014 Pennyfarthing
Are Michaelmas daisies asters?
14 replies
14 Jan, 2014 Pennyfarthing
Mystery (to me
3 Jan, 2014 Pennyfarthing
Geranium Wallich
28 Nov, 2013 Pennyfarthing
Sedum disaster
16 Nov, 2013 Pennyfarthing
I have been a member for ages
21 Oct, 2013 Pennyfarthing
StephanotisI have a blind friend who owns a stephanotis which has refused to bloom...
10 Oct, 2013 Pennyfarthing
Cotoneaster dammeri If I plant one of these on a grassy slope will it be dense enough...
4 Oct, 2013 Pennyfarthing
Caryopteris I saw a lovely one in full bloom about 2 weeks ago at a garden centre...
25 Sep, 2013 Pennyfarthing
Crocus Sativus
13 Sep, 2013 Pennyfarthing
Hardy geraniums
22 Aug, 2013 Pennyfarthing
Cotoneaster
11 Aug, 2013 Pennyfarthing
Buddleia globosa
18 Jul, 2013 Pennyfarthing
Cotoneaster?
26 May, 2013 Pennyfarthing
I am going to extend my fence by 2 panels
23 Oct, 2012 Pennyfarthing
Verbena bonariensis
11 Sep, 2012 Pennyfarthing
Cutting back shrubs
12 Aug, 2012 Pennyfarthing
Neglected roses
17 May, 2012 Pennyfarthing
Any ideas on why I can't seem to grow lilies of the valley?
16 May, 2012 Pennyfarthing
Four years ago I gave my cousin a weeping 'pussy willow' and for two years...
11 May, 2012 Pennyfarthing
Orchids My orchid plant has lots of tiny round brownish bumps stuck all over the...
23 Apr, 2012 Pennyfarthing
Rosa Cecile Brunner
17 Apr, 2012 Pennyfarthing
Wedding plants---any ideas pleeeease
22 Mar, 2012 Pennyfarthing
Lewisia. I have been given 4 small lewisia plants
7 Oct, 2011 Pennyfarthing
Growing Garlic-Thanks Thanks for the tip
6 Sep, 2011 Pennyfarthing
Rooting cuttings
4 Sep, 2011 Pennyfarthing
Wet Garlic The local farm shop is selling 'wet garlic'
19 Jul, 2011 Pennyfarthing
Callicarpa
8 Jul, 2011 Pennyfarthing
Eucalyptus success
19 Jun, 2011 Pennyfarthing
Wrong rose
Hop Manure I have been presented with some large bags of hop manure
23 May, 2011 Pennyfarthing
Erysimums. Is it possible to propagate these and if so how and when
19 Apr, 2011 Pennyfarthing
Specimen Conifer--advice please
8 Apr, 2011 Pennyfarthing
Pasque Flower advice please
13 replies
5 Apr, 2011 Pennyfarthing
Eucalyptus--I have done the dastardly deed
31 Mar, 2011 Pennyfarthing
Roses and clematis on a 4in square pole
29 Mar, 2011 Pennyfarthing
Rose-- climbing or rambling prolific bloomer that will look well with yellow
19 Mar, 2011 Pennyfarthing
Suggestions for an evergreen tree please
17 replies
4 Mar, 2011 Pennyfarthing
Myrtle I have been given a young myrtle bush
3 Feb, 2011 Pennyfarthing
Eucalyptus again
3 Jan, 2011 Pennyfarthing
Gladioli I haven't dug mine up but my neighbour came to ask my advice
21 Nov, 2010 Pennyfarthing
A columnar oak?
19 Nov, 2010 Pennyfarthing
Heuchera I think I've done the wrong thing
5 Nov, 2010 Pennyfarthing
I have a liquidamber tree which is colouring up a bit but nothing like the glorious...
21 Oct, 2010 Pennyfarthing
Houseplant--Cissus Antarcticus Many years ago I used to have one of these and was...
20 Oct, 2010 Pennyfarthing
Ihave lots of baby hellebores springing up all round the parent plants
16 Oct, 2010 Pennyfarthing
Previous years' spring bulbs
11 Oct, 2010 Pennyfarthing
Does anyone have a rose and clematis growing successfully together and flowering...
22 Jul, 2010 Pennyfarthing
I have a malus floribunda which I really love when it's in bloom but for the...
20 Mar, 2010 Pennyfarthing
Clematis again
26 Feb, 2010 Pennyfarthing
Hardy Geraniums
22 Feb, 2010 Pennyfarthing
Suggestions for a clematis please
19 Feb, 2010 Pennyfarthing
Tree paeony
12 Feb, 2010 Pennyfarthing
Is it ok to cut dead perennial stems to the ground now or should I wait until new...
19 Jan, 2010 Pennyfarthing
From where do you get leaf mould?
10 Jan, 2010 Pennyfarthing
Sarcococca humulis
20 Dec, 2009 Pennyfarthing
I have some hosta seed which I just happened to find when repotting
3 Dec, 2009 Pennyfarthing
Chalk and lime
18 Nov, 2009 Pennyfarthing
The top part of my front garden
14 Nov, 2009 Pennyfarthing
I have some young penstemons which I bought as very small plants by mail order
4 Nov, 2009 Pennyfarthing
What to do with fresh horse manure?
25 Oct, 2009 Pennyfarthing
Jacaranda
17 Oct, 2009 Pennyfarthing
Hostas
14 Oct, 2009 Pennyfarthing
Thank you!
1 Oct, 2009 Pennyfarthing
What are the best conditions for achillea?
24 Sep, 2009 Pennyfarthing
Do I need 2 sambucus nigra?
12 Sep, 2009 Pennyfarthing
Something to replace nasturtiums please.
18 Aug, 2009 Pennyfarthing
solar pond aerators/fountains
14 Aug, 2009 Pennyfarthing
Clematis 'fascination'
2 Aug, 2009 Pennyfarthing
Small tree--amelianchier?
29 Jul, 2009 Pennyfarthing
Cornus Kousa 'China Lady'
25 Jul, 2009 Pennyfarthing
Has my pyracantha had its day?
14 Jul, 2009 Pennyfarthing
How do I control a beautiful thug?
2 Jul, 2009 Pennyfarthing
Advice on heuchera please
25 Jun, 2009 Pennyfarthing
