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Hi thinking of buying a variegated Norway MAPLE I've read they are a bad tree...
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19 May, 2021 Youngalistair
Hi i was wondering if anyone has grown Japanese
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7 Apr, 2021 Youngalistair
Ribbon Bush
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24 Mar, 2021 Youngalistair
What are the advantages of sowing cleome early?
31 Dec, 2020 Youngalistair
Is there anyway of avoiding this black pin mould in my conservatory?
30 Dec, 2020 Youngalistair
Have had a lot of problems with fungus gnats on indoor plants due probably using...
11 replies
7 Dec, 2020 Youngalistair
Hi i wonder what's happening to my iochroma to cause these marks?
5 replies
29 Oct, 2020 Youngalistair
Plant fairs are quite common this time of year i always wondered if on buying a less...
9 replies
30 Sep, 2020 Youngalistair
Hi i try to propergate the odd stem from placing in a glass of water this seems to...
23 Sep, 2020 Youngalistair
Two seedlings from Chiltern seeds I've failed to identify this year?
17 Sep, 2020 Youngalistair
Has anyone grown Iochroma in u
13 Sep, 2020 Youngalistair
My neighbour would like to know what this is in her garden she planted it but forgets
31 Aug, 2020 Youngalistair
I'm now thinking about indoor plants begonia in particular​ when to repot them...
15 replies
23 Aug, 2020 Youngalistair
Hi a friend brought me round a eucalyptus She raised it from a cutting but doesn't...
7 replies
17 Aug, 2020 Youngalistair
Could someone explain the grafting situation on a standard rose I've been taking...
13 Aug, 2020 Youngalistair
Hi can anyone help with my nicotiana affins
3 Aug, 2020 Youngalistair
Plectranthus part 2 some more pics
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31 Jul, 2020 Youngalistair
I think this is plectranthus does anyone know which one?
Hi most years i get hold of rubeckia prairie glow they look good in mass plantings...
17 Jul, 2020 Youngalistair
Stachytarpheta mutabilis pink false Vivian I'm looking for seeds seem to be available...
1 reply
11 Jul, 2020 Youngalistair
Hi again is their anyway of getting rid of increasing amounts of field bindweed that...
3 Jul, 2020 Youngalistair
Garden tools
27 Jun, 2020 Youngalistair
Hi lease put me out of misery and tell me what this plant is it's going to be...
26 Jun, 2020 Youngalistair
Is it possible to suspend time growing cleome I'm as usual too late germinating...
23 Jun, 2020 Youngalistair
Hi I've inherited a garden with this shrub
20 Jun, 2020 Youngalistair
So are these both bindweeds?
8 Jun, 2020 Youngalistair
This sprang up as soon as i removed my lawn turf can anyone I'd it please?
Is this the obedient plant ?
2 Jun, 2020 Youngalistair
Alstomerias need some advice i bought a "spitfire" in a large plastic pot...
30 May, 2020 Youngalistair
Saw this beautiful view this morning where i live and wonder what the plants were...
28 May, 2020 Youngalistair
Should I grow Romneya tree poppy?
18 May, 2020 Youngalistair
Can anyone I'd this Chinese lactifolia peony pink is all it says?
10 May, 2020 Youngalistair
Any ideas about instant screening from neighbours?
6 May, 2020 Youngalistair
Straw is easily available where I live so I thought of using it to bulk up my rather...
2 May, 2020 Youngalistair
Would you say this hedge is in gods waiting room?
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19 Apr, 2020 Youngalistair
Pleached trees any dos and don'ts anyone got them?
13 Apr, 2020 Youngalistair
Which magnolia is this exactly?
11 Apr, 2020 Youngalistair
Has anyone used SBK on ground elder?
12 replies
I wondered if anyone has tried out the no dig techniques of Charles dowding ?
9 Apr, 2020 Youngalistair
What's the verdict on rotating composers ?
4 Apr, 2020 Youngalistair
Saw this a lot in gran canaria at first I thought it was a eremuras
8 replies
8 Feb, 2020 Youngalistair
Do snowflakes flower this early?
6 Feb, 2020 Youngalistair
I wonder what it's like to garden on greensand?
19 Nov, 2019 Youngalistair
I got another idea about utilising a greenhouse and living area at the same time...
17 Nov, 2019 Youngalistair
When is it to late to move bulbs especially alliums and fritillaria?
16 Nov, 2019 Youngalistair
Im hoping to move to a larger plot and have been looking at polytunnels as I have...
I'm wondering if there is anyone out there in Woking
1 Oct, 2019 Youngalistair
This crinium powellii difficult to dig up
Cannot send a message here if i try to reply the send box disappears as soon as i...
12 Sep, 2019 Youngalistair
Seems something lacking in this spring planted trachelospermum
30 Aug, 2019 Youngalistair
Hi can anyone id this interloper?
15 Jul, 2019 Youngalistair
Charles Dowding's video on pesticide used on hay which gets transferred to stable...
13 Jul, 2019 Youngalistair
I read in an article in the telegraph on Saturday about weedkiller residues finding...
10 Jul, 2019 Youngalistair
All i can tell you about these is they take a long time to grow so i guess perrenial
7 Jul, 2019 Youngalistair
This grows like weed on any well drained soil but when on fertile soil really explodes
13 replies
23 Jun, 2019 Youngalistair
I thought i would post this again as it's fully grown now
This green umbellifer grows somewhere along most motorways can someone i
16 Jun, 2019 Youngalistair
Can yellow rattle be used as de-weeder of stray grasses that blight my garden or...
10 Jun, 2019 Youngalistair
Slug problems with ligularia rudbeckia herbertstone these make shift tubes were made...
4 Jun, 2019 Youngalistair
Plant i.d please
25 May, 2019 Youngalistair
Friend or foe this colonising a small area i cannot I'd it but I'm sure someone...
23 May, 2019 Youngalistair
Any idea what this silvery leafed Invader is ?
I found this lilac geranium whilst walking in woods the foliage looks like the white...
I planted a standard ballerina rose about 3 weeks ago at soil pot level then heaped...
20 May, 2019 Youngalistair
Growing crinium powelli i have had a pink one growing for up against a south facing...
5 May, 2019 Youngalistair
I read article on Raymond blanc in it he describes going to the most remarkable garden...
3 May, 2019 Youngalistair
Can you I'd this plant grown along side chia looks leonotis should have waited...
20 Oct, 2018 Youngalistair
Would you say that if you go away for months in winter and haven't got a proper...
6 Oct, 2018 Youngalistair
Seen in Turkey any ideas?
23 Sep, 2018 Youngalistair
I have found during this summer that certain plants are reacting badly by distorting...
17 replies
17 Aug, 2018 Youngalistair
Can some people out there recommend the best value
1 Aug, 2018 Youngalistair
Rudbeckia are another plant I find impossible to grow unless in a pot that they grow...
28 Jul, 2018 Youngalistair
Helianthus question
Got an insect or something interfearing with my coreopsis unbelievable stunts the...
27 Jul, 2018 Youngalistair
Can anyone id this small butterfly?
19 Jul, 2018 Youngalistair
Can anyone id this small plant ?
Cleome senorita
18 Jul, 2018 Youngalistair
Should I pinch out scarlet wisteria or just let carry on as it is a tree
17 Jul, 2018 Youngalistair
I used to visit saville gardens near Windsor in late summer they grew very tall 6ft...
23 Jun, 2018 Youngalistair
Two interlopers any ideas?
10 Jun, 2018 Youngalistair
Nicotiana I bought some plugs once in summer evening scent too
16 replies
9 Jun, 2018 Youngalistair
Are there seeds that would getminate better without the clear plastic lid that's...
8 Jun, 2018 Youngalistair
Is it too late to sow nicotiana alata
7 Jun, 2018 Youngalistair
Would persicaria make a good weed surpresser
28 May, 2018 Youngalistair
Can anyone I'd this plant for me
22 May, 2018 Youngalistair
Any info on growing diasica personata like soil and drainage
18 May, 2018 Youngalistair
Has anyone grown red wisteria ?
Which is the real hespires matromonalis?
14 May, 2018 Youngalistair
I got a grass weed problem this year after I started to see signs of an epidemic...
8 May, 2018 Youngalistair
Is there anybody out there that would recommend planting romneya​ coulteri in any...
6 May, 2018 Youngalistair
On a whim i bought a gomphostigma virgatum but now wonder if it will grow in my ordinary...
5 May, 2018 Youngalistair
I bought gomphostigma on a whim only to find out it's a marginal plant that likes...
hi always see this plant in central america what is it?
25 Jan, 2018 Youngalistair
another nicaraguan shrub id please
25 Dec, 2017 Youngalistair
This oenothera was successfully identified here a while back but have yet to find...
tree also found in nicaragua
21 Dec, 2017 Youngalistair
found this shrub growing in a churchyard in matagalpa nicaragua any ideas?
costa rica plant i
7 Dec, 2017 Youngalistair
Hi im in costa rica i got some plant i
invasive mexican sunflower what is it?
6 Jan, 2017 Youngalistair
Im thinking of going to mexico to check out plants gardens ect i wonder if anyone...
3 Dec, 2016 Youngalistair
I am going over to almunecar andulucia named cost tropical because of mild summers...
16 Oct, 2016 Youngalistair
Picked this up from a plant fair realized it didn't have a label when i got it...
3 Oct, 2016 Youngalistair
Growing medium for streptocarpus soil or soiless ?
30 Sep, 2016 Youngalistair
Anyone grown millettia before wonder if i can get away with growing it more in the...
22 Sep, 2016 Youngalistair
Looks like i will be moving 23 miles away in october as seller wants quick sale
17 Sep, 2016 Youngalistair
Has anyone ever grown streptocarpella concord blue or knows where to source them...
7 Sep, 2016 Youngalistair
was wondering if anyone had grown papaver harvest moon ?
2 Sep, 2016 Youngalistair
can anyone id this shrub i think ?
31 Aug, 2016 Youngalistair
Any growers of tree lilies out there?
can a smallish hyrangea be split
28 Aug, 2016 Youngalistair
I rescued 2 amaryllis that were rotting in a plastic bag 3 months ago and put them...
19 Aug, 2016 Youngalistair
hi can anyone id this grass its evergreen i think or almost
14 Aug, 2016 Youngalistair
Anyone grown wild parsnip?
6 Aug, 2016 Youngalistair
sowing common toadflax could it be a problem plant to sow in a garden?
3 Aug, 2016 Youngalistair
Hi can someone i
24 Jul, 2016 Youngalistair
looks like clarkia but not sure its not clarkia bottae as i thought
3 Jul, 2016 Youngalistair
plant i.d. part 3
25 Jun, 2016 Youngalistair
plant i.d part 2 this one looks to have fennel type legs and a wild carrot type top?
plant i.d please
Any ideas what these are photographed on my local roundabout
15 Jun, 2016 Youngalistair
DIASCIA PERSONATA "hopleys"How can plant company's be so out of touch...
2 May, 2016 Youngalistair
Do most gardeners here feed their gardens i used to use pellets and bags of farmyard...
23 Apr, 2016 Youngalistair
Gypsofilia paniculata if i take tip cuttings should they be left covered in plasic...
HELENIUMS i love tall plants but heleniums dont always come tall i looked at "The...
10 Apr, 2016 Youngalistair
where can i buy 50 anemone pavonina mixed colours they sell at wisley 5
2 Apr, 2016 Youngalistair
crown daisy
27 Mar, 2016 Youngalistair
Having already grown crinium powellii
13 Mar, 2016 Youngalistair
whats the verdict on keeping plastic lids on propagators?
21 Feb, 2016 Youngalistair
Hi could i move to the very south of france and still be able to create an english...
12 Jan, 2016 Youngalistair
Are all the acanthus species for instance "african eminens" garden thugs?
30 Dec, 2015 Youngalistair
is it too late to plant allium mount everest?
28 Dec, 2015 Youngalistair
anyone grown fritillaria imperalis auramarginata ive seen heights of 5
6 Dec, 2015 Youngalistair
can anyone id this shrub im currently in malaga spain and this i would like to try...
16 Oct, 2015 Youngalistair
what causes this wrinkling of these leaves on this hybrid cleome cutting?
15 Sep, 2015 Youngalistair
Is it too late to take cuttings?
6 Sep, 2015 Youngalistair
hi from u.k
5 Sep, 2015 Youngalistair
ridolfia difficulty in growing?
12 Jul, 2015 Youngalistair
rainwater harvesting ?
hi saw some nice hydrangeas at wisley i read a write up from a disappointed "invincibelle...
10 Jul, 2015 Youngalistair
hi any idea what this wild garden invader is called?
5 May, 2015 Youngalistair
cleome "senorita rosalita" has anyone grown the seed ?
31 Jul, 2014 Youngalistair
hi can anyone i
1 Jul, 2014 Youngalistair
whats wrong with this camellia?
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25 Mar, 2014 Youngalistair
can you name this plant its also a self seeder
10 Jul, 2011 Youngalistair
a self seeder what is it ?
has any one tried growing crinium varieties like japonicum in the u
19 Jun, 2011 Youngalistair
alas another year goes by without the eremurus blooming i decided this year to plant...
