Does anyone know anything about gardening?

Plenty of trees. Lop the ugly thing down.

contact a landscape gardener. If they can get the whole thing out, root and all they can transplant it/sell it to someone with a larger garden.

It's glorious but only if the rest of the garden fits it. Grow a lush hardy/tropical jungle, or get rid

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Foxglove seedlings £1 each - get your flower spikes on
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Sometimes things have to die to allow others to thrive.

I mean it's absolutely fucking massive isn't it? Unless my perspective is out. It'd be cool half the size in a pot or something.

Funny innit. A foxglove seed wafted over from two doors down a couple years ago and now the big spikes are all over the front garden. I don't mind. On the other hand, a lavender seed from my perennially struggling specimen took root by next doors gate a few years back and is now big and bushy.

Anyone made ericaceous compost?

Plants always seem to have a few rebels of "the don't tell me I can't grow here / fuss over me and I resist" types.

I pulled some foxgloves out from the kerb and they did fine, the seeds I planted into special seed compost are tiny and the "whatever I just self seed" foxgloves are big already.

I can never get lavender seeds to work but the cuttings take in my heavy clay, weird one.

Anyone cut their hydrangea back yet? Mine is sprouting like crazy but not sure if I am going to go to early of I do it now.

No. But mine's quite small (and the climbing one looks dead).

Fact check this, but I'm pretty sure hydrangeas fall into two camps of when they like a prune.

Is it hydrangea petiolaris?

Shows how little I know about gardening, I didn't know there were different types!!!

We made some cuttings of a beautiful one at our old house when we moved and they are all doing well.

Looks like it is: HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA

We've done ours

Nice :). I guess the RHS site will have some tips on pruning.

As mentioned we have a couple of hydrangea petiolaris and they are thugs. Meant to prune after flowering which we do, but we do ours pretty hard every 2 years or so to stop it taking over. Sulks a bit after that though :)

Thanks, I'll check the RHS website. I thought I have killed it a few times over the years with over zealous pruning!!

@umop3pisdn - thanks

Not yet, waiting for a few weeks in case of a late frost.

Anyone in London with an apple tree have any Blossom on it?

Not yet. Ours has buds but they're not open.

Some awful pictures!

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Does anyone have decent voucher codes for Dobbies/suttons.

Pretty sure I had a 50% one and have lost it.

Is that after pruning? I would be reducing that by a third, starting with completely removing all the branches crossing back into the centre (crown). The next step would be to prune back last years' growth by two thirds to an outwards pointing bud. There's plenty of fruit buds on it.

Was pruned heavily October before last, I don’t have the heart to take any more off now, will aim to do what I can myself after summer though.

Ta!

Ngl, I can't see the wood for the trees.

Anyone know what this is with the tiny white flowers?

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No idea what they are but bottom left corner is likely a California poppy

California poppy

Ours have all come back since having our front drive/garden and patio done.

I didn't realise but they need agitated soil.