General Gardening Discussion

I have the same Sedum Simon and leave mine to die back fully. In early Spring you should be able to pull the old stems away gently and will see the new ones already budding underneath.

That is almost total coverage on the eastern half! Knowing what States lie underneath those lights that have green open areas, I would say much of that light pollution is unnecessary.

Thanks for the tip off Harry, I will look to see what I need. Right now nearly all my cuttings are doing OK but I wonder if they will survive the winter so might order some from Brookside as insurance.

I do like Violas Clare, I bought a tray or two last spring for our caravan. They flowered very well all early summer. In late summer I noted a lot of growth in the limestone gravel under the planters.... they had self seeded in the hottest and driest summer for years !

Up until a year or so ago gardening was a chore for me. I tended to do the lifting and shifting jobs. Now that I have a bit more free time Ive started to enjoy my time gardening.Plant preference is tropical / tropical feel and arid. We have a tropical area, a med. area and now planting an...

I'll def bring them in. The shineyland ones are the green one at the top and the greyish one on the right

Cheers @Verdun , I was hoping now would be OK . Just had a new fence fitted , so would like to get the Montanas topping it next year. I will fill the hole with a soil sand and MPC mix , and use a Gro-More slow release feed. Can't use blood fish and bone or Molly and Bella ( with us for a week...

and I'll have another look at it and see what I can do.

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You'm right Pete UK's first Wollemi pines from seed | Kew

Thanks everyone. Great ideas!Assumed co.uk was for British gardeners so apols for that. Am in UK.

Good evening @Freddy great choice my friendMedium yellow Large-Flowered Climber. Registration name: Golden Showers Bred by Dr. Walter E. Lammerts (United States, circa 1950). Introduced in United States by Germain's (Germain Seed & Plant Co.)in 1956 as 'Golden Showers'. Introduced in...

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Thanks I have never grown them but I now have a better idea

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Hi there. I planted this earlier this year as a new plant and it's thrived so far. As I've never had one before I'm not sure if the leaf drop in the middle and the grey coloured stems are normal? Or is there something wrong??? Thank you.

Yes. Essentially I have 20 ft of those string lights altogether for each area. That's assuming they have the same intensity.@Freddy that loks like a good deal!

UPDATE Well the coriander is faring well. I'm covering it at night and then exposing it to all this lovely sunshine we've been having during the day. So far so good.

This is about as much as I can to this for now. It actually looks a lot better in life than it does in this photo. There are also a few spring bulbs dotted about in there that should brighten it up a bit.Next year (hopefully) I shall be in a position to fill in the gap behind the barrel and...