Garden Answers (UK) - 1 Apr 2025
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April
STAKE PERENNIALS
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Plant potatoes
Look out for snails
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April
PLANT AN ALPINE FEATURE
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Solution of the month Q Which plants would be suitable for my high coastal balcony?
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Feasible freesias? Q I love buying freesias. Can I grow them in the garden?
My lupins have already been ravaged by snails, so would dividing the plants help?
Weed it or feed it? Q Which fragrant plant is popping up all around my border?
Q Which herbaceous plants would grow best in a dry, sunny bed?
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Q How do I stop my rose and honeysuckle dropping leaves in summer?
Q Why did the Clematis montana planted last year fail to appear this spring?
Q Am I too late to sow sweet peas for my trellis?
Q Why does bog rosemary always die?
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Hardy substitutes Q I like my Survivor pelargoniums but what can I grow that likes shade but doesn’t need overwintering indoors?
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Q What creates sticky webs on my indoor plants?
Q Which shrub produces these small rose-like flowers?
Q Any idea why my avocado plants went brown over winter inside?
Q Why did my potted strawberries have such a poor yield?
Q How can I make this fabric-covered slope attractive?
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Q Will the plum trees I’ve grown from stones produce fruit eventually?
Q Are 55cm pots suitable for growing duo fruit trees?
Blighted by box Q Which are good box alternatives as my hedge is ruined by box blight?
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Q Why are oxalis leaves browning?
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Boost spring greens with a FLASH OF WHITE
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