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What exotic plants can i grow in central London?
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I would expand your palm list, if you've space/interest, as most of your current palms I can grow in the midlands, England. I also have Butia capitata and the Mexican blue fan palm - Brahea armata, which has beautiful silver blue large leaves (larger
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Would I need to use a propergator to plant exotic plants in my room?
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This partly depends on these main points: the plants that you'd like to grow, the conditions within your room the stage of the plants life, eg. seed germination, or mature culture I live in central England and grow many exotic plants indoors and gene
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How do you stop Rabbits eating new plants well apart from shooting them?
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Rabbits do not like human hair, or animal hair. Ask a local barber or beauty shop to save hair for you and scatter around plants. Also, moth crystals keep them away as well. I've had great success with both methods.
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Why do individual plants amongst borders wilt and die - showing no sign of disease.?
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If it isnt drought or overwatering, and it isn't accidental damage, then it could be either pest or disease. There are grubs called cutworms, and vine weevils, which will have this fast effect on a single plant. Dig them up and have a look at the roo
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How Do You Landscape Plants That Deer Will Not Eat?
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In winter when snow covers their normal food sources or during periods of drought that diminishes their food supply, deer move down from the mountains in search of food and water. If you live in areas with deer, you already know how difficult it is t
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How Do You Landscape Around Bay Windows?
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Landscaping around a bay window offers gardeners a chance to experiment with a combination of annuals and perennials, vines, shrubs and flowers, sunshine and shade, all in a single location. The key to bay window landscaping is installing a semi-perm
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How big do green tea plants get?
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Tea is from Camillia sinensis, which is also grown for its flowers. They are a zone 9 plant, woody. A tea plantation will pick the young leaves several times per year, and you can harvest from very young plants.
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What plants grow well in shade?
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Hostas are fabulous, likewise ferns. There are both evergreen and deciduous varieties of ferns (just be careful when raking leaves, not to damage the evergreen ones). A big, sturdy blue-leaved hosta contrasted with a dainty fern is a wonderful combo.
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When planting a Hawthorn hedge, how far apart should the plants be?
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Hawthorns Bare rooted planted single row 3 per metre or if planting double row 5 plants per metre as plan job to be completed from Nov to March at latest X X X X X
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What plants can I grow under pine trees?
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A ground cover called snow on the mountain or dead nettle would grow well there. Add some composted manure to the soil and rake it in. it may take a couple of seasons for the plants to become established, but they grow wonderfully under my pines. Eng
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