Ask Alys
Got a question for our gardening expert Alys Fowler? Email askalys@theguardian.com. Chosen problems will appear in Saturday's Guardian Weekend magazine and on the Guardian gardening blog: if your query is to feature, we will let you know. Please note Alys is unable to reply personally to every email.
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Ask Alys Fowler: can I grow plants alongside asparagus to prevent weeds?Is there an alternative to the traditional way of growing asparagus?
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Ask Alys Fowler: my mother can see only white flowers. What should I plant?Try planting a white flowering rose of Sharon or buddleja, says Alys Fowler
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Ask Alys Fowler: my garlic hasn't separated into clovesWhat’s wrong with my garlic? Alys Fowler has the answer
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Ask Alys: euphorbias are poisonous, so why are there so many in our public spaces?Education rather than eradication is the best approach, says Alys Fowler
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Ask Alys: what flowering Mediterranean plant will cope under an olive tree?Alys Fowler answers your gardening questions
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Ask Alys Fowler: can I replant moss from a roof under a tree?By far the quickest solution would be just to put the moss on the compost heap, but replanting may be worth a punt
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Ask Alys: I have small mysterious holes all over my lawn. What's causing them?The population of long-tailed field mice can explode quickly, but they are an important source of food for barn owls
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Ask Alys: what is a colourful and low-maintenance flowering climber?I want to brighten up our wild hedge without needing to prune
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Ask Alys: our howeas have given up after our neighbour put up a fenceI’d give up, too, if I was forced to live in a bed with a bamboo, euphorbia and a cordyline
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Ask Alys: which flowers can I plant on a damp grave?Waterlogged earth and the sensitivities of a cemetery call for periwinkles and primulas, says our expert
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Ask Alys: can I take my asparagus crowns with me when I move?How easy is it to move asparagus plants to a new plot? Alys Fowler answers readers’ questions
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Ask Alys: our pond suffers from blanket weed. Help!I’d love to fill our pond with plants, but they’d be consumed by the green peril
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Ask Alys: is it safe to compost yew foliage?Yew is toxic, but does that mean it shouldn’t be composted? Our gardening guru has the answer
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Ask Alys special 2016: Sow, Grow, RepeatAlys Fowler digs into our virtual postbag of gardening questions from listeners and readers
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Ask Alys: help! our bamboo is out of control and has to goBuy a mattock, borrow a wrecking bar, bring out any semi-useless old saws (they’ll be heading for the dump after this), and put on a pair of thick gloves, strong boots and your oldest jeans
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Ask Alys: I want patio pot plants that give all-year colourIt’s all very well being enthusiastic, but you also need to be realistic
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Ask Alys: how do I make my agapanthus flower?‘Agapanthus likes to be hugged very tightly and baked in the sun in a very small pot’
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Ask Alys: how do I care for my banana plants in winter?‘Cover it with something to keep the rain off. Some people use upturned dustbins’
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Ask Alys: is leaf-blowing equipment harmful to gardens?‘It is probably not a great deal of laughs if you are a small insect intending to hibernate under the pile of leaves about to be blown away’
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Ask Alys: I cut down my conifers, what can I grow in the stumps?‘You’ll have more luck with perennial plants than shrubs’
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Ask Alys: bulbs to brighten up a Devon village‘Can you suggest something that would thrive in verges and hedgerows?’
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Ask Alys: my ‘Mermaid’ climbing rose has outgrown its space‘Drastic pruning needs to be done when the rose is dormant’
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Ask Alys: your gardening questions answered‘Every June when it rains, my honeysuckle gets covered in grey mould’
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Ask Alys: your gardening questions answered‘We want edible plants to green our garage wall and add interest over winter’
Ask Alys Fowler: why are woodlice living in my globe artichokes?