Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / July 2008

Some small azaleas we have, have not done well in their garden pots,
presumably because we didn't use ericaceous compost.
To save them we now want to put them directly in the garden soil.   Is there
anything we can add to our garden soil to make it more acidic where we are

My beloved planted some deep purple roses - I don't have the name as of yet -
and after the second bloom the color is a lighter shade of purple.
I'm thinking that the PH of the soil, clay and planting soil mixed might be
altering the color.

Clematis are a range of gorgeous climbing plants that look beautiful
climbing up walls, trellis etc whether it be in your back garden or
entrance porch to your house. There is a wide selection of types, all
with different colours, petal shapes and flowering times. Some will

The potatoes on my allotment are all growing well
and flowering but I have noticed little bunches of
what looks like small tomatoes.
Can anyone tell me what these are and should I

My new hollyhocks are affected with rust even though they were
supposed to be resistant, what can I do, please?
Judith

Is there anyone here from Canada? I am in Calgary.  I have several VERY
large plants that have or will be divided and I would like to trade my
extras for something interesting( always interested in cash :-} ).  any
thing already divided will probably be 2-4 growths. I might be ...

I'm planning to plant two trees in my garden and would like to have one
of each of greengage and plum. Can anyone recommend a self-fertilising
species of each or would simply having the two trees of similar fruit
satisfy the need for cross pollination?

My courgette plants are really coming along in the greenhouse howeve
one or two leaves have small white spots on them, is this anything t
worry about?  The spots do not seem to go all the way through the lea
and are on the tops.  Not all leaves are affected, just a couple.

OK, so I bought some spring onions to use and since the price was
right I bought a few extra bundles.  The fridge was full so I kept a
bundle in a glass of water like cut roses.  Lo and behold, they
started to sprout roots.  Can I plant these?  Will they start growing

On 14th June I attended GWL at the NEC and ordered an Original Wormery
for myself and a 30ltr Junior Wormery for the local school, from the
Original Organics show stand, but nothing has been delivered yet.
I've tried ringing them and the answering system says that they are

Where can I find instructions for the proper way to trim this
sensitive tree? My Google searches aren't successful. Every time I try
tinkering with the limbs, the entire branch dies... even when I trim
at a joint.

Hi there, I am new to this site and quite an inexperienced gardener s
please bear with me. I hope I have posted this in the right place!
I have a small garden and this year is the first year I have planted i
out with anything at all. I love bedding plants and at my old house ha

Took the lid off one of my compost bins
to day and found it overrun with ants.
Never seen so many ants in one place.
They seem to be doing a good job in there

I am looking for a garden shredder and answers to an earlier post were
pointing me in the direction of the Bosch quiet shredders.  I am looking
at the  AXT2000 HP, which has the spiral cutting system, rather than the
much more powerful AXT2200 HP, which is probably a bit over the ...

I am looking for some advice on how long it takes for one man on
average to lay turf I have a 40x40' lawn to lay and want it done
reasonably quickly,but want a good job doing as well, it may need
rotavating first. the turf will have to be carried through the house