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Can offer advice on various shrubs, i.e. where, when and how to plant, pruning, likely ultimate size of plant, preferred conditions etc.

Experience in the area

Over 30 years of making gardens in various parts of the United Kingdom.

Education/Credentials

Diploma in Horticulture with Commendation

What do you like about this subject?

I just love growing things!

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Recent Answers from Gill Borchardt

2009-11-22 Encore Azaleas:

Hello Ronelle I've never seen an Encore Azalea in flower, so I can't vouch for its level of bloom. However, I have grown many other Azaleas and know that when they are happy they are covered in bloom

2009-11-21 japenese boxwoods:

Hello Scott As you seem to have more healthy boxwoods in you new planting than unhealthy ones, and as those you pulled up and planted in pots seem to be recovering, I'm thinking that this is a case

2009-11-14 trimming taxux yews:

Hello Anelle No need to panic about the pruning! Taxus should be pruned in Summer or early Fall. They will take 'renovation' pruning, which means cutting hard back as you plan to do. Whether

2009-11-13 White fuzzy stuff on bark and branches of oleander:

Hello again Gloria I've been doing a bit of research on Oleander over the weekend and have discovered that one of the problems they get is a pest called Mealy Bug when they are grown inside and this

2009-10-29 land scaping plants:

Hello Richard Wow - this is quite a question! OK, first things first. As these are newly planted specimens I expect that a good feed of organic or granular fertilizer was added to the soil at the

 

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