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  • 3 December 2013 - Culloville
    I need a fast growing, hardy, evergreen screening hedge for a location in county Monaghan, very frosty... (More)
    Holly is the best bet or Scots' pine if there is plenty of space, or a mixture of the two as the pine... (More)
     
  • 28 November 2013 - fran m
    Two years ago I damaged the bark on this tree in September, it bled badly and the leaves browned and... (More)
    Rhus is a good autumn colour tree and should havebeen good this year. It always flowers best on dry,... (More)
     
  • 22 November 2013 - Sari
    I have an Echium of about 1.20 metres in my garden which shall flower next year. How can I protect... (More)
    Echium can take a light frost but not a severe one. At 1.2 metres, the vulnerable growing point is raised... (More)
     
  • 31 October 2013 - Spring68
    I have sowed new potatoes and kerr's pink potatoes in back Garden which has not been sown in years The... (More)
    Potatoes can be attacked by scab diseases. One is common potato scab which usually occurs on light limy... (More)
     
  • 21 October 2013 - Sari
    A friend told me she wanted to tidy her garden and cut her lilies down as they looked very ugly after... (More)
    Taking offany developingseed-heads, unless you want seeds, is okay because it re-directs the growth into... (More)
     
  • 28 September 2013 - BrendanK
    I have a very steep slope down my lane/drive and currently have grass, but as the slope is about 80 degrees... (More)
    It is a rural setting and the best solution would be to plant a few hawthorns or birch, averaging about... (More)
     
  • 26 September 2013 - DeeNeeson
    Part of our garden in being overrun by Russian Vine which is coming from a neighbour's garden. Our bamboos... (More)
    If you want to kill it, cut its stemsback as hard as you can and then paint the cut surface with Roundup,... (More)
     
  • 12 August 2013 - Spring68
    Am I right in saying that pears won't fruit in Galway? Or it dependable on the spring ie frost timing... (More)
    Pears are less likely to crop reliably west of a line from Cork to Belfast. But that is not to say they... (More)
     
  • 12 August 2013 - Renrael
    I have a Cedrus Atlantica 'Glauca Pendula' which is 5 years old. It's about 5ft tall and the leader... (More)
    The weeping Atlantic cedar only weeps because it has been trained up on a stem. Without this, itwould... (More)
     
  • 11 August 2013 - PaulineP
    I planted a Magnolia Tree in Spring 2009. It went in in blossom and blossomed 2010 & 2011. In 2012... (More)
    Sometimes trees can flower in the early years, because of the restriction of the pot, but thengrow away... (More)
     
 
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