Why do they grow ‘Shamrocks’ in Ireland? Because St Patrick took all the ‘real rocks’ away so the snakes couldn’t hide.
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Pests and Diseases on Lupins
Lupins can be grown from the seed you collect but if you want a second flush of flowers it is best to dead head the spires of blossom. Deadheading saves energy in the plant. Lupin Problems and Treatments Slugs like the tender shoots and snails seem to have attached themselves to the stronger leaves this [...]
How to Attract Butterflies into your Garden
Create a paradise for butterfly and you will benefit from colour twice over. A garden full of eye and butterfly catching, fragrant flowers from spring to autumn can be achieved by selecting some of the following plants. Butterfly feed on nectar and need this energy giving resource. They also need water from moist soil to [...]
Grow a Low Allergy Garden – Scent and Smell
Hay fever and Asthma attacks can be brought on by Fungal Spores and allergy to Scented Plants as well as the pollen attacks covered in http://gardenerstips.co.uk/blog/pests-problems/grow-a-low-allergy-garden-cut-down-on-pollen/ Tips to cut Spores and Fungus Ferns reproduce by sending out millions of spores from under the leaves. If you suffer then do not grow any ferns. Fungus and [...]
Grow a Low Allergy Garden – Cut down on Pollen
Breathing Allergies Hay fever sufferers don’t need to told about the typical symptoms of sniffing, sneezing, puffy eyes, sore throat and a runny nose. Starting in spring through summer these symptoms are likely to be caused by pollen and allergens. All year round symptoms are more likely to be caused by dust mites or pets [...]
Dangerous and Harmful Garden Plants
Wicked Plants: The A-Z of Plants That Kill, Maim, Intoxicate and Otherwise Offend by Amy Stewart Hazardous and Dangerous Plants Not everything in the garden is lovely when it can poison or injure the unsuspecting. The extremely hazardous Poison Ivy and Poison oak related to the Rhus family (Diversiloba, radicans, vernix, succedanea, toxicarium and veniciflua) [...]
Grubs in the grass
Chafer Grubs, Crane Fly and Leatherjackets Have I been lucky? I have never had a lawn that has been infested with these insects. Leatherjackets are the grub of Crane Fly and they and Chafer grubs feast on the roots of grass. This creates brown patches and makes lawns and sports turf the target of birds [...]
Vine Weevil Tips
Evil weevils eat roots and tubers of your favourite plants. My tuberous begonias were attacked and destroyed by these pesky pests. It is the white grubs that cause the damage as they eat there way through vine weevil puberty to become small black beetles. The beetles will nibble the edges of leaves but it is [...]
Picture of Habranthus in Bloom
Habranthus is a genus in the Amaryllidaceae family with species from Central and South America extending into southern North America. They have narrow, linear or strap-shaped leaves. Their flowers are very similar to Zephyranthes and both are called rain lilies. This variety of Habranthus is flowering in late Summer (sept) and offers a delicate touch [...]
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