General Gardening Discussion

^^ Often visit Charlottesville for lunch as I live only about an hour's distance away. Lovely town and I enjoy visiting the campus of University of Virginia for their exhibits and having lunch at some of the nice little restaurants, etc. We love to walk through the gardens we come across.

I also get Grow your Own sometimes, but I do get free offers if I like the look of whatever it is. Bulbs are the best I've had, I've got some gorgeous perfumed lilies that came from a magazine, 3 good sized bulbs for a small postage cost, which have in a couple of years increased well. I've just...

Scully.So sorry to hear about your kitty.Is She/He ok?I expect it was some idiot with an air rifle.Please let us all know how kitty is going on.It will be best if they are ripe first,but saying that some of the heads of mine are top heavy on the plant and are heading towards the ground,where...

Ihope sooo palustris.

I like pink but I prefer yellow.

I have had both lilies and cats for more years than I care to mention. I grow them in containers and have never had a problem. I think if they were in the ground I would worry, but anyway only found out recently that there is a poroblem- I think Michaelmasdaisy posted a link about it soon after...

croeso Nettie enjoy

Liz, they can drink and eat for england, they just adjust their size and flowering accordingly it seems. If you nurture them you can get some absolute whoppers. :D I had a beautiful almost purple one which I have 1 last seed for which is called Fatamorgana. I am too nervous to sow it as it...

Thanks Palustris, really good write up I will follow your advice and report back. :D

Strange that you say that, the very first thing I've done is plant clematis!! A couple of vitcellas(spelling?) and a bill mackenzie, nice and vigorous!! Could do with ideas for the shady corner though.

Hi katiem After they have set seed I save a few then just pull them out and shred 'em up for compost.You're a long way out over there in Bemullet. I have friends near Westport and have spent a lovely time in the area

Thanks for the tip,I will remember that for next year.

Rich i have mine on the balcony and each wire from all my lights i have threaded through my kitchen window and seem to have a lot of wires hidden behind my curtains in a corner and they are plugged all of them on an extention cable, my hubby reckons it is dangerous having this many plugs as i...

It is next to the white, if only it flowered as well. I think that is the difference here, the singles do better in our climate.

Cheers BM, Hic!! Naughty Stella!! :D :D

I have just googled setaria as I am umfamiliar with it. I can see why it is called palm grass.

Yes, there is always a chance with clematis- have a look at this thread: http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=13;t=000079#000005 I planted a lot of my potted up plants this spring, they had been in pots whilst I moved- I was amazed at the way the...

Yes, I agree with the bull (rush) thing as well!Nobody like my idea of a Xeriscaping section ... but that's probably because you guys have ponds!

Hope it grows bigger than mine !! They are lovely plants and deserve a place in everyones garden..I like the really large ones that you see at the botanical gardens they are awesome..

We're already picking some plums for our old golden plum tree - my favourite plum. The tree is about 60 years old but still produces well. It is too old to prune anymore but it seems to prune itself by dropping branches.We have just had to cut down two pear trees (comice) because we are...