You can put your seeds in a little plastic box and store them in the refrigerator till the spring, then sow them in a pot of ericaceous compost and you will get little pine trees. If they are Scots pine remember they are forest trees so will eventually reach a great height. But you could bonsai them!
My mother in law gave me a camelia plant in the early summer. I planted it and it started growing really well- buds started to appear about 4 weeks ago but now I think it is dying. All the leaves are brown and curled round on themselves. I feed it with the special food, but i think it has been caused by my dog weeing on it...Can i bring it back to life? please help!
Cowslips, primroses, primulas,wallflowers, are all flowering in my garden. This happens every year in the autumn just as the clematis montana gives its second show. The autumn flush is not quite as floriferous as the spring one but does not seem to lessen the spring show at all. So enjoy your spring cowslip in the autumn, sjanepr,but it is quite common.
Our 20 tr old Amelanchior Lamarkii has died this year. We need to replace it as we hang all the bird feeders on it. Can you suggest something that won't grow too large which will provide as much interest and colour all year?
There are beautiful varieties of hawthorn now available and it will survive harsh winters being a native. The spring brings lots of blossom and the autumn lots of berries and you can grow climbers through it for added interest. Mine has a perennial sweet pea which flowers for about eight weeks in the summer and disappears underground in time for the spring blossom display, and the berries will save a lot of money in bird food.
I have a wisteria growing in a pot during the summer all the leaves fell off and new shoots died back. It is planted in john inns no 3 compost and well watered i put bonemeal in the soil to encourage rootgrowth but now not sure what to do?
One of the yellow plum varieties would look good (and taste great) and the French varieties would love a warm wall. You may need a pollinator. A good fruit grower will be pleased to advise you.
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