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âI would like to transfer my late motherâs beloved rose bushes to my own home. But how?â (opens the original)
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My late mother was a great gardener with a particular love of roses. She died recently and the family home is going to be put up for sale. Iâm thinking of either digging up some of the rose bushes from her garden or taking cuttings of them to grow in my own garden as a nice reminder of her. Which would you advise? B OâConnell, Dublin Yes, itâs possible to dig up some of the rose bushes from your mumâs garden and replant them in your own, although itâs likely to be a time-consuming, lab
How to set your garden ablaze with autumn colour (opens the original)
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At this time of year, a coterie of trees and shrubs begin to steal the limelight through a process of radical transformation, a metamorphosis of colour that ensures their elevation into the ranks of garden classics. Iâll always remember, for example, the first time I saw a Persian ironwood in all its fiery autumnal glory, its foliage a luminous blaze of crimson and gold. Ultra-resilient in the face of drought, waterlogged winter soils and even fierce cold snaps, a magnificent specimen of this
Our firethorn bush is beautiful but too big â how can we cut it back? (opens the original)
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Many years ago we planted a pyracantha bush against the wall of our house, but itâs now got so large that we have to cut it back very hard every spring. As a result, we never get to enjoy the display of its berries. Weâd hate to get rid of it, and wonder if thereâs any way to bring it back to a more manageable size? Commonly known as firethorn, this vigorous, resilient, evergreen shrub is valued for its generous clusters of pale, pollinator-friendly flowers in spring, which are followed by
Colour disrupter: how to position white flowers in your garden (opens the original)
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As a gardener as well as a florist, Iâve learned to be wary of white. Flowers in this colour are what you might call âshoutyâ, sometimes at odds with their neighbours and difficult to position well, especially in the hard, harsh light of a hot summerâs day. Adding to the challenge is the fact that thereâs not just one but many shades of white, from warm creamy white to grey-white and icy-white. They donât always get along. Put a cool white right next to a warm white, for example, and
My roses are underperforming. What can I do? (opens the original)
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My roses havenât performed well this year, which I suspect is due to the hot, dry summer we had. Is there any way I can help the plants so that they do better if we have another similar summer next year? Anna K, Dublin Although roses enjoy warm, sunny conditions, these hardy shrubby plants also need a humus-rich, fertile, moisture-retentive, deep soil if theyâre to flower well. This summerâs hot, dry conditions have tested them, especially plants growing in less-than-ideal growing conditio
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