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Tractor driving...
Can anyone tell me what the legal requirements are regarding tractor driving? Do I need a certificate /assessment?
Louise Pinkney, gardens@clandonald.com 01471 844332Gardens Dept.
Armadale
Sleat
Isle of Skye
IV45 8RS
February 2012
Stainless Steel vine eyes...
Does any one know if stainless steel vine eyes are available- I am having trouble finding them which suggests that they are not. Will galvaised do as well?
I am try to limit damage to restored exterior walls of bath stone from which thousands of old rusted nails have been removed.
Thanks for help. Kate
01225 769 041 hedge7@btinternet.com
January 2012
Cotoneaster bullatus
I am considering using Cotoneaster bullatus in an exposed dry place for summer flower, autumn leaf colour and berries. Soil ph about 7.5, clay.
I have seen the profile on RHS Plant selector, looked at all the books and have spoken to a nursery about buying a multi stemmed shrub.
The more people I speak to about this tree the more I realize that it is not used much anymore and that it is not available generally in garden centres.
Is this because it is out of fashion?
Does it sucker?
Is it especially suseptible to Fireblight?
Is it particularly dull when neither in flower or fruit?
or has it been superceded by a better doer?
Do you have a picture of a mature specimen- something else I can't find.
Can anyone help me answer these questions?
Thank you. Kate
hedge7@btinternet.com
Nov. 2011
Cestrum Cutting
Can anyone help me with a cutting of a plant that I am finding difficult to buy. Its Cestrum nocturnum (Dame de Noche), I appreciate that it is a tender plant but it is also the worlds most scented plant. Chiltern Seeds have sold the seed before but have not had any in stock for sometime. We are having an Orangery built and would like to start off stocking it with this as a centre piece.
Stella Brice
07595 280706
stella.brice@lulworth.com
Nov. 2011
Sooty Mould
I have a couple of dozen Rhodendron shrubs and half a dozen camellias, which have been infected with black sooty mould. I have tried to remove the mould using a jet wash without much success as the mould is well and truly encrusted to the leaves. Before I resort to cleaning each leave by hand, does anyone know of any preparation that will loosen the mould so that it may be washed off more easily? Thankyou in anticipation,
Tony Wallace tonywallace@blueyonder.co.uk
February 2011
Weed Control
At Ryes Gardens, there are two main types of weed living in the meadow grass, the soil is heavy clay, slightly shady,surrounded by trees, chestnuts, laurels, sycamores, yews, and various shrubs. What is the best weedkiller to eradicate these difficult creeping weeds, being prunella and creeping buttercup?
Thanks, Michael Ruse. mjruse@hotmail.co.uk
Nov. 2010
