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I was having so much trouble with them, I now use plastic dustbins with 10mm holes drilled in the bottom.

I'll answer that No, not without chicken wire to stop them getting through. This answer is through personal experience

Because of the mild weather, I seriously need to cut the grass. However, there are a multitude of christmas decorations adorning the green area and as much as I'd like to run the mower over the lot of 'em, the risk to my dangly bits from a very irate wife, outweighs the need I have to wait until...

It was the Scots pine I was thinking of!

Slugs and snails, never a dull moment

Unusual for a conifer to grow back after cutting into old wood. It's one of only a couple of conifers native to Britain...along with.....nope, senior moment :facepalm: :shrug:

Much better choice....just needs a trim a couple of times a year. Don't lick the fruits unless you're a badger!

Yeah, gravity.....that's where a lot of people fall down :facepalm:

I made that mistake first time around!

If you're re turfing rather than seeding, make sure it's a drought resistant type. It's great when you get a turf that's being grown on an enriched, friable soil...it establishes well and looks good. Chuck it on top of good old south downs chalk, it'll drain like piss through a colander! I...

Prices range from £15 to £40, not a lot really I know, but it's more than my pocket money will stretch to as I packed up work last year so I count every penny(until I get my state pension)

It does look like figwort, scophularia or something

The nigra make 15. Still trying to get borinda papyrifer....but I won't pay extortionate prices for my stuff, because I'm very tight!

Because it takes a couple of years to actually turn black, the newer culms take on a henonis appearance, hence why I said this one looks henonisy. Boos never cease to amaze me, it's probably why I get excited like a panda when I acquire a new one🐼

Closer inspection today of my sisters bamboo today and it has the look of p. nigra var henonis. It's not, but it looks like it! it's also sending up more shoots, but these culms aren't like the thick spring ones. Here's something from UK bamboo site Phyllostachys nigra - a clone has flowered...

Believe it or not, smaller plants can establish much quicker than ones in bigger pots. Don't know why, but they could be more 'active'. A bit like teenagers and sensible people I suppose!

Now I've seen your post! My sisters p. nigra is in flower and has been for nearly a year. The clumps I've acquired aren't yet, but it comes true to seed apparently...well according to data from the last flowering event. It's not a gregarious flowerer, as in not a worldwide event, so I'm hopeful

I've known about Yorkshire Kris for quite a few years, since the days of the now gone Hardy tropicals UK forum and more recently European Palm Society plus a few others, and his Youtube channel. A very knowledgeable bloke, but his earlier videos were reminiscent of Sheldon Cooper and fun with flags!

I've had a result in the tropical collecting bit. I've been given a humungus clump of fascicularia, a large yucca rigida, lumps of phyllostachys nigra and another phyllostachys with isn't bissettii but it is green with thicker stems, plus bits. These were all from my nephew who is having his...

Yep fargesia papyrifer blue dragon, used to be borinda, but they keep changing names! I thought it was a runner bean, but I had to check....they're actually quite exotic!