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Somehow I've never really liked AT - something jars despite his admirable knowledge, drive, enthusiasm, etc. But I can't think of anyone better to front GW. The current team don't quite cut it. Replacing Geoff Hamilton I thought would be impossible, but AT did a good job, and Monty in his turn successfully replaced AT. But who can satisfactorily replace Monty? That question for me remains unanswered.
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One other point - as you're keeping the hedge well watered and fed, and have run a porous hose along it, you're giving it every possible chance to recover from a hard prune. So I think you could do it all in one go, and probably February would be a good time to do it if you can avoid frosty weather.
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Hi Sheelagh, Almost certainly your peonies can be saved, so don't lose heart. Without seeing them it's hard to say which way is up, but it might well be apparent to a practised eye - I'm thinking if you have a local gardening club or horticultural society or something, there's probably someone there who could tell which way is up. Peonies will generally sprout from bits of broken-off tuber, and it seems to me that they do re-establish more easily than is often thought. The thing about
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Hi Tom, Two months is no time in the life of a yucca, so be patient. You're doing the right thing in giving it as much light as possible. Sounds like you're in danger of having it rot on you though: I'd be inclined to keep it on the dry side, and let the compost dry out between waterings. That goes for both the stem and the top. Both parts look healthy enough, judging from your pictures. You will probably start to see new growth on the stem in the spring. If the stem dies back you could
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Hi Judie, Even google doesn't know what a stranthera is... Maybe the first couple of letters of both words of the name went walkabout? If so, I reckon your plant might be prostanthera rotundifolia, the round-leaved mint bush. Does it match the plant on this website? http://www.halcyonplants.co.uk/index.php?page=product_details&product_id=600 If not, perhaps you could post some pictures of your own to help identify it. Cheers, Alex
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This looks to me like the golden form of leylandii, Cupressocyparis leylandii Castlewellan. Leylandii have a terrible reputation for getting much too big, much too quick. They can be managed to form a lovely big dense hedge. But I can't imagine anything but trouble if you plant them 50cm from a low wall. Unless you're planning to move out and leave it to someone else, or you just want to fill up the space, block out the light,and stop anything else from growing nearby...
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Where's Silver Surfer in this debate? He usually seems to be the definitive voice on plant ID!
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I'd be a bit cautious about fertilising tropical plants at this time of year when growing conditions are less than ideal. It seems to me that underfeeding is just about the least likely cause of problems, which are more often caused by over or under watering, air too dry or too moist, temperature too high or too low or too variable. When a plant is not actively growing it doesn't need feeding, and most tropical plants won't be actively growing in this country at this time of year, unless
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Don't worry, get them in when you can. I've planted narcissi in January and they still came up and flowered. Earlier is definitely better of course. The main problem with late planting is storage conditions. Being on display in a garden centre for months is not a good thing for a bulb, and the chances of success reduce every day. Stored in a cool dark place a bulb will stay viable much longer. Generally speaking, if the bulb is firm and healthy-looking it's likely to succeed. If it's
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Thanks Miranda - I don't think I'll take the risk of not protecting it at all, even though it's in a dryish spot with walls on two sides. But it can wait until we get a severe weather warning. And I'm surprised to hear they're grown in East Yorks - I thought that far north it was likely to be somewhere nearer the gulf stream. Having just done some googling I find they're grown on the Isle of Arran and at Inverewe. Any other examples from the north?
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