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It is a difficult decision whether to cut or leave. Our gardens and plants have not experienced such a long hot and dry summer before. Gardens and plants are showing the distress they are continuing to experience from this unprecedented summer. What to cut or leave? It is tempting to cut plants back and to… Read more »
Have you heard or seen the box moth caterpillar? It is a relatively recent problem in the UK, but devastating if your plant gets infected. Box Blight Box blight has been a problem in the UK for a number of years, a fungus infection that causes die back and bare patches on box bushes. It… Read more »
In your garden, April is a time for decisions. Now is the time to decide if the plans and ideas you had for your outside space during the dark days of winter are dreams or will become reality. It is also when the weather makes decisions regarding plants and planting difficult! Summer bedding and frost… Read more »
The Christmas break is a ideal time to get out there and enjoy local countryside. After recent storms the forecast is reasonable and with decent shoes or wellies the outdoors awaits! In town Local parks and green spaces provide a welcome breather from shopping and eating. We love strolling in Jephson Gardens, Leamington, St Nicholas… Read more »
When clients ask What is the best way to help my garden through the summer heat and drought? The Chopwell answer is Mulch! Mulch is a protective layer between soil and sun, for pots, flowerbeds and grass. Mulch mowing Most mowers have a mulch option, where you lose the grass box and the cuttings are… Read more »
As the temperatures soar this week is your garden summer ready? It has been pretty dry all April so your garden is already dry. Time to start watering, particularly anything in pots or recently planted. Top tips for watering Water when plants are in the shade, ideally once the sun has moved round so… Read more »
Happy New Year! We hope 2025 has started well for you. The weather has dominated headlines recently leaving most of us with bedraggled gardens not looking their best. Now is the time to dream and plan your garden for 2025. When Chopwell clients ask us how to improve their garden we usually ask them… Read more »
Just 2 weeks until the Easter break, and we have a list of Easter jobs to complete. Perhaps you have a ‘to do list’ which includes gardening. At present we are advising customers to be careful in the garden, the ground is so wet even stepping on the grass can damage the soil structure below…. Read more »
Look out, what do you see? Colour from your window or just the dull browns and greens of a winter garden? Winter doesn’t mean dull and boring. There are plants to provide winter interest and early spring bulbs are all in flower now. Here at Chopwell, we love to see what our clients have in… Read more »
In the last article we talked about summer pruning larger trees and bushes. There are small and medium sized plants that benefit from summer pruning too. Lavender and Rosemary You may have seen or visited the Warwickshire Lavender farm near Bubbenhall in the recent weeks. They closed to the public, at the end of their… Read more »
