General Gardening Discussion

Excellent Silu Feedback is always great. Thanks

Here in the Cotswolds it gets disproportionately cold and they survive. The only ones that I ever needed to lift was Gladiolus murielae (Acidanthera).

I've only grown Thallia of this type, I'm not really a fuchsia grower as such.But I usually take cuttings in spring from new growth, or a couple of months ago, to overwinter. Usually try to find a non flowering shoot with the leaves in threes around the stem. You get a bushier plant that way.

Prune mine back,hang in garage by window,leave them till signs of fresh shoots,bring into conservatory,usually works out.

Totally agree with replies by our friends. Locally to me, the council has over the past two years, really gone to town on the roadside trees. Sadly not all have recovered.Partly my previous comment was intended for you to get upto date infomation from your local council as this is where the...

Hello everyone, i just thought id let you know how these products were. I ordered the 'decking strips' from a place called Dinogrip. They actually turned out really well and i thought id let you know i am incredibly pleased with them. I ordered them in brown to match my decking but they have...

So, it is down to choices and risks! Not everyone will have a rampant bamboo lifting conservatory floors or patio slabs but many will and do. Personally, I am glad I removed my yellow and black bamboos after one year.......their roots had spread deep and wide in that time. The real damage...

Silu, Love foliage too Best of both worlds here .......free draining soil and mild temps.....but you are right about the wet soil over winter. Even the Beast from the East was not a problem here I have several yellow leafed shrubs but Darts Gold is one I dont have........it would go well with...

Certainly the "Paperwhite" don''t look clever to me. If I was you @JWK I'd be inclined to contact the seller and maybe send them the photos you have shown us if they need proof. I have in the past bought Hyacinths which were being sold cheaply as they had started to sprout. They did fine but if...

Hi eddybaby, well, keeping Rhubarb in the dark is okay for forcing the new tender shoots, but really. it does do best in sunshine or light shade. I dig my 40 year old Rhubarb completely up every 5 or 6 years and just use a outer new piece to grow on.

Hi RobAa Depends if it's attached to a wall by suckers or attached to a treliss, I don't think there's much you can do if it was attached directly on the wall (unless you gaffer tape it to the wall until it starts regrowing next year, but that's a bit extreme I know) failing that you would have...

How about roses? Ramblers or full climbers. Or a rubus eg cockburnianus

Oh, silly me! I thought I had once, still, twice now!

I agree with Pete. They look like aphid casts. Some of them may have the slight shape of the aphid.If you're able to, take them out of the greenhouse and give them a wash down. Then have a close look at the growing tips and around the flowers. You may be able to see the whitefly on them...

Hello @Mane my friend if you really want bamboo ,then go for it ,you really have to try and see sometimes,"Rules are meant to guide you not bind you"I have just given mine their annual cut

Brilliant stuff everyone thanks for the information. Think I might just go for the larger pipe option consisting everyone's advice. Any other advice experiences welcome though

@Marley Farley, be a tight squeeze but sure.

Cultivars and hybrids A cultivar is any new plant that comes about in cultivation (rather than in the wild). This is regardless of whether the new plant was 'planned' - the result of a plant breeder deliberately hybridising (crossing) two plants of the same genus - or whether it is an accident -...

Hiya @eddybaby - just click on the blue ''Tetters'' under my avatar, and then on ''start a conversation'' Sorry to have kept you waiting, have been a bit busy today