General Gardening Discussion

Its o.k. I did the same posted twice lol thanks

Sent 2 by mistake sorry

The acres look stunning. Its a tree that we have never had success at growing. Probably due to our south facing location and being on limestone.

Tithonias did well as did Salvia coccinea, but the stand out performers were the Ipomea and Mina lobata that grew, flowered and climbed all over the place, they kept going until well into October.

It's an Epiphyllum hybrid.

We have that one, I think, flowering as well.

They're so pretty, would never have thought of that!

That explanes it then and the wet sand As i've hauled compost and peat and other things i got to know how much things weighted to volume and when you said 70 tons of compost i thought " that is alot" and would have been one big heap!!!

@Clare G My new additions last year also included kniphofia popsicle, lamium and crab apple. All are doing really well. By next spring the lamium should be big enough to split and spread. In a few years I should have enough to cover the whole border, and all from one sorry looking plant picked...

I have two purple ones also, love the dark leaf color against the green around them, it looks nice with a large blue hosta near them.

Most geums are similar to one another in soils and looking after but there are some website's dealing with different sorts of different geums so it would be good to look them up for more info, Geums are proving to be popular as some are said to be slug free plant as well as...

I'll be ordering my plug plants for 2019 this week , to get the discount and free postage offer. They are delivered third week in March for potting on . Seeds are ordered in January , mainly from Ebay and a few from T and M . I need a few ideas for new seeds,plants , so will be avidly reading GC...

What the heck?........Oh nooo ......

I think skips have been designed with a built in safety factor, it would be nigh on impossible to fill a 2 tonne skip with 5 tonne of rubble for instance, I've always filled my skips to the "fill level" or not much more, but i have seen skips made 2ft higher by doors around the edge and still be...

Thanks to all for your help, plenty for me to look into with hardware & very local forecasts. It seems only like last year but since time flys by it is probaly nearer several years but I remember the met office were spending about £60 million on a new computer which would make weather forecasts...

Mine bloom every year in a shaded (by Jacaranda and Melaleuca) dry rockery in clay earth. Have had them for 14 or more years.

@Tetters I have Rebecca and Limpsfield but would like a Jaqueline Postel too. Love the scents.