Does anyone know anything about gardening?

we have one, not sure I've ever seen any flowers on it let alone smell them; good or bad. Nice shrub with bright red growth in late winter/early spring i.e. now in the UK

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Who was it asking about things for a North /shaded boarder?

Finally remembered what I have that does so well, hosta. Didn't realise how many varieties there were. Ours are pink. They're great.

Hi looks like a yew maybe English yew

Could have been me? Hosta is on my list anyway, there are some pretty amazing/massive ones out there.

Hi looks like a yew maybe English yew

Ah, the notoriously slow growing yew? Oh well, she's agreed it can be removed. They're talking about trying to dig it out in one piece and then replanting it, but that strikes me as rather ambitious. Particularly as there's an archway in the middle of it.

I checked and it was @Light_EDDed

The only things to note ime are; they spread pretty freely, they die back in a bit of a messy way and mine have only started to spout now.

Finally got around to buying some ferns to make my mini woodland section a bit more woodland-like and also pull the boarder out.

https://www.jparkers.co.uk/fern-collection-1021094c

Ferns seem to be selling out so thought I'd post as a prompt in case anyone wants some.

I keep forgetting to measure the wire I have to train my roses.

Does anyone know what size mm or gauge thick garden wire is?

Cheers.

are hostas not slug magnets ? I like them but every one I ever see looks so sad after having been ravaged by slimers

Notoriously so. We have a couple in pots which seem to avoid the worst of it though

There are some that have really thick leaves, like ‘big daddy’ that are more slug resistant

Neighbours are ripping the piss out me on our WhatsApp group for digging up and adjusting the angle of our new tree for the third time this weekend. It’s harder than it looks OK!!!!

What I think is a rose chafer hiding in the front garden this morning

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Yep, we had one of these flying around the garden last year . Seemed to bloody follow and crash into me at every opportunity.

Very handsome.

Are you my mum? That's exactly what she said

I’m planning on ripping out our current hedge, and re planting with bamboo. I was just gonna go for clumping and plant it in plastic troughs but maybe not strong enough? I think as long as you thin the stems of bamboo out at the ground then it keeps them from getting too bushy.
I’ve also got to remove a couple more dead trees from the end of the garden. Should I get a chainsaw or will something like a Zubat do the job?

That was me (I think) I ordered a couple of hostas so that’s good news but eurgh slugs 😪

I bought some hostas last year and very quickly didn't have them anymore. On the positive side, it distracted the slugs from my dahlias.

There's a limit to the damage you can do to yourself with a Zubat ...

Had hostas in our last house and all they did was provide the local slugs with an all-day/night breakfast! Hopeless

Moved a couple of years ago up the A6 a bit and the hostas don't seem to be trashed by slugs as much. Very odd. Maybe plant some and see how they get on?

Surprised by the slug thing as I spent the summer going round the veg patch with a flash light. While some definitely chilled on that side the hostas were fine.

Altho they've spread pretty thickly so who knows if I'd ever notice.

I'll post some pics once they're up and running.

What do you mean? As opposed to a chainsaw?

The last episode of that gardening show on BBC is dead good I think.