gardening

Dear Doctor Red Rose, Can you give me please advise me on the best spuds to grow, and at what time of the year can I plant "earlies" and "maincrop?" Also, the best place to buy them in the Accy area. Many thanks.

Im looking for a gardener, i have a reasonable garden (paid for some landscapre gardeners to come and do it july / august last year) however it is in need of some regular maintainance and i just don thave time to do it myself (nor do i know what i am doing and am more likley to make a mess than...

If you need any advice on plant foods or feeding certain plants and arent sure then ask me, you can do your plants more harm than good at times - you may have had certain plants not flowering last year and dont know what the problem was - it could have been the food you were using... and if you...

well folks with winter now behind us and spring creeping up on us its the start of the new season and we should now be planning ahead in regards as to what to plant where in the garden and what the plans are this season for the garden - which should be nice and bare for you - bit like a blank...

Hi Does anyone know anything about a bonsai society in Accrington? :unsure8:

hi, ive been given a privat hedge ( not just yet ) they are being dragged out roots & all i want to know will they be ok being replanted?

have to say I love roses. will be working on a rose garden this year, whats the best thing to plant neaxt to roses to stop them being eaten by bugs?

HI there, whats best to get seedlings going, dark room or light room? our planting season isn't till about may, is it too early to start now? its a heatway today at -7and we're buried under several feet of snow!!!!!

So what is it then ? My favourite plant for the garden has to be an 'Astilbe' (goats beard) - lovely red plooms in the summer months. My favourite houseplant is the 'peace lily' (spathythilium) deep green leaves with pointed white flowers. So what are yours.....? For others...

Hello Garden Doctor, is there any plants that like the dark? I want to put a plant in my bathroom but there is no natural light in there. Or does it mean i shall have to stick to an artifical plant. Thankyou

Remember that the garden is still there in january even if it does look barren, I have put up a list of things that you could be doing in this cold month indoors & outdoors to prepare you for the season ahead. Use this month to check your houseplants: divide and re-pot any pot-bound plants'...

Hello to everyone here from the 'Garden Doctor' and welcome to the 'Red Rose Garden'. I am here to answer ALL you Gardening queries and problems to the best of my ability - regardless of how daft they may seem to you - Put it to me ! So whether you have a problem with cats, wondering why your...