r/UKGardening

Not sure on what this, google lens telling me different things.

Any advice on what this is and how to tidy it ? Can I trim it ?

Thanks guys

Hello all 👋🏻 I've tried consistently to grow mint for the past 2 years and the same thing keeps happening. Originally, no matter what strain of mint I plant it starts growing really well. I ensure I use potting compost and on this batch have mixed in very fine gravel (designed to help drainage in potted plants). No matter what, I get to about 3-4 months, the edges of the leaves turn brown, then the whole leaf turns yellow and the plant starts to die.

This specific plant has been potted for around 3 months. I water it everyday (currently in the UK we are experiencing very warm weather) but am careful not to overdo it. I've sprayed it with potassium soap, as I can see some whitefly on the plant itself. Could this be the cause? Or something else ?

Any advice would be very much appreciated as I feel like I have the least green thumb in the world 👍🏻

First year growing vegetables. We've been bringing our strawberries in overnight because when we don't they go missing. A couple have gone during the day, which are clearly taken by squirrels because they end up being abandoned on top of our garden wall.

Woke up this morning and our biggest courgette has been nibbled. I don't think it happened during the day. Also I think we have mice under our deck, as our cat is constantly sniffing around and sometimes brings mice into the house. Does anyone know whether these are mouse, rat, squirrel teeth marks? A bit of googling says squirrels do this for water, and can be deterred by providing an alternative drinking source but rats / mice will require chicken wire solution..

Sadly disturbed while pottering about in the garden. Thankfully doesn't seem hurt - legs all there and wings intact. Have moved somewhere less likely to have dogs/humans/birds in the way (placed on the pot just for a quick photo, it's now under a bush in the corner of the garden well camo'd among leaf mulch and not directly on the ground in case of ants). Final pic shows where it's ended up.

Any advice welcome to maximise its chances of a safe flight tonight.

Wingspan about 8cm - stunning!

My Acer is sick...I'm not much of a gardener but repotted it about 8 weeks ago in soil Google told me it would like. Thought it was just sunburn initially, have moved to a shadier area but what else could it be/what can I do?

TIA 😊

Hi all. What tree is this? And how is best to prune it?

It doesn't seem to have grown loads in the past 7 vears of living here but feel it's getting a bit tall and stretching out.

My app is conflicting and one says black locust and another says honey locust. And then some mentions a skyline variety

It doesn't have any thorns and has never had any fruits etc. Just a few flowers in spring I think

Also how old do you think it is?

Made a couple of posts about this hollyhock over the last few months. After seeing its full growth I’m really starting to enjoy having it in my garden.

What I’d like to do is figure out how to preserve the seeds it generates and grow more along this fence line for next year. From what AI told me, seems too early yet. Some petals are falling off but apparently I need to wait for the pod to turn brown, then plant the new seeds in September?

Any advice is welcome.

We've had this guy sitting on the side for a few weeks and now it's just gone ... well ... do we eat this or plant it?

If 'plant' is the answer, should I cut the 3 stems out and plant individually or another method?

My wisteria plant is in its second year.

Would it be better if i remove it from the planter and plant it in the ground?

Is this possible to do without harming the plant?

Any tips would be welcome.

My garden is east facing, it gets a lot of baking sun. The garage backing on to these provides some shade for them.

Just wondering as I am new to gardening, what would be the best way to care for these two pals during the hot springs and summers we're having now? I dont want to under or over water them. Thank you

Im just happy to see my tomatoes growing and looking half decent too me. Slightly behind but ill blame the Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 weather for that! Although its probably my fault!

Hi, so I have this clematis in a huge raised bed I planted early last year. Last summer it flowered well and then obviously died back in the winter as expected. This year (May) it had 20 or so huge flowers that looked great, after it flowered I was kind of expecting it to produce lots of new shoots and take over the trellis however it just seems to slowly die back with dead woody stems.

I gave it a heavy mulch in spring and a light seasoning of tomorite fortnightly in the summer. The roots/base are in the shade and it gets plenty of sun all day.

Im wondering if this is typical for the type of clematis I have as im following all the advice. Not sure exactly which one it is but added flowers for reference

Thanks in advance

I have a big patch in my rented garden which is full of trees and box shrubs. The problem is that ive hot a lot of what appears to be geranium leaves growing (as best as I can identify)

The problem is that its in overdrive and is choking everything else around it. The box shrubs are looking sparce and everything else growing isnt as good as it could/should be.

I have read that they have really hardy nature and the roots need to come up, but is there anything else I can do in the meantime?

Plus a bonus purple pepper