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From what i can see it looks like a cane type Begonia :-)

This is So Pretty :)

Valarian is used as a sleeping medication - sold in health food stores, used for centuries

Yup, Valerian. It's used in herbal remedies, tho can't think what for........? It's pretty, but beware of it getting a grip in walls or paving - the roots are incredibly powerful and will destroy/push apart anything they get their roots into.

I also have the white version - great to fill a space but you can cut it back needs some support though and the bees love it.

Hi Hprlady ,this is Centranthus red Valeraian nice plant but a bit of a thug

No idea about the plant,sorry .........but is that 4 beautiful Vizslas i spy in your photo?

As I don't grow Begonias, I can't answer this question. I know a man who does, though! Send Marksbegonias a private message - I reckon he would be able to help you. Use the 'search' box at the top left of the page to find him. Good luck!

Fava or broad beans is my guess.

Super Pink Colour :)

Definitely some variety of birch. Love the bark on these, I made suet logs for the birds out of limbs from one that was blown down in a wind storm last year.

Looks like a Silver Birch to me.

Lovely, Hprlady! Reminds me of the garden I had in our previous home.

It is Ribes - flowering current. It brings back happy memories of my Gran's garden.

I have this (it is among my pics). The scent should be "distinctive", too!

it's a Flowering Currant - 'Ribes sanguineum' - and if those are white centres on the flowers, it's called 'Pulborough Scarlet'. It's a lovely species.

your welcome, and good luck hope you get it back in time!

you could also make some stab holes with your garden folk all over the 'lawn' - or areas where you need regrowth, and sprinkle compost and it might sound silly but use a hard broom to sweep it into all the holes. and then as the others have saggested chuck down a load of seed - you can buy a fast growing one not sure what it is called but i got some last year from woolworths for about £5 per box and it was up within a couple of weeks. i managed to get my lawn back from a mud pit after all of the work done out there last year. good luck.

I assume you are talking about spots where the dogs have urinated. This will leave the lawn with horrible brown patches. You will need to scarify the bad parts, and all the lawn if you have time, mow it but not too close, take the trim level up a notch. In the really bad patches it may be worth turfing them. On small patches, rake the area until the dead grass is gone and the soil is aerated, sprinkle over some multipurpose compost and sprinkle some grass seeds over it. Make sure you do this on a non-frost predicted weekend and water in the turf joins really well and water the compost before sprinkling the seeds, this should help rectify your problem, however depending on when you are marketing your house this may not take effect in time, but best of luck!

Grass seed is the cheapest way. With Spring rain it should start to sprout quickly unless you have a very cold snap. We are always throwing seed around our grassy areas to improve them and it seems to work. You can rake the soil to help it and tread the seed in lightly. I'm no expert but this is what we have been doing.

Yep Marion is right Alstroemeria and 10 days is about right, if you change the water and recut the stems every 2-3 days sometimes they will go a couple of weeks.

Beautiful photo. That butterfly must have know that it was going to shine when it landed on that flower.

Very beautiful with a slight touch of pink on the edges.

MMMMMMMMmmmm i can smell that from here Hrplady:D

Great shot. Buddleias are great for attracting butterflies aren't they! We get lots on ours.

Possibly Lisianthus?

I think they might be alstromeira, but I didn't manage to find it on the RHS website's plant finder

hi, sorry im no use when it comes to the name of those flowers but wow 10 weeks, thats amazing.

hi, sorry im no use when it comes to the name of those flowers but wow 10 weeks, thats amazing.