General Gardening Discussion

Thanks matey

Last I bought a 9cm pot of bulk standard chrysanthemums from a garden centre (possibly dobbies). I repotted them and left them out all winter. They have come again lovely this year.G.

@Silver surfer will know.

Yup, I get it in Poundland.

Thanks everybody, really appreciate you taking the time to respond to my question.Also enjoy Cornwall!! Lovely part of the world.

I use Picture this.

Our resident plant sleuth strikes again !

Many thanks I think I’ll go ahead with the onion, the family doesn’t like broad beans!

I'll do it for £249.99

Only got M. "charity", the flower buds are there but yet to break.

Pieris was something I thought about. I didn't see one in the garden centre I went to today. If I had I probably would have picked one up.Different size pots is something I have started doing. At the moment the pots on the summer house steps are all the same size (and cheap). Once my wages...

That phrase came to mind when I noticed my venus fly trap this morning.

One is enough for me !

It's been an unusually hot summer this year (No I'm not going to get into this is how it used to be when I a kid lol) some plants have boomed some have failed, my corkscrew hazel has done really well loads of fruit, I came home from work today and saw a squirrel up and down in the garden, so I...

The grass just one week after putting seeds down

PerkiSuper, thank you for advice. Have to get sand now. "Clay, naturally wet" - that's what I've got. I mix peat based substrate in and make all beds bit raised. (trying to resist not buying this season doble snowdrops, white muscari and yellow fritillaria as I've already have many bulbs)

Hi goofy Not sure what type of hedge you have, but from experience with privet & hawthorn I can tell you both will take very rough treatment, I've seen both chain sawed to ground level, left, only to regrow, I have a neighbours hawthorn hedge about 2 foot away from my wooden fence and it doesn't...

Good plan, nothing to loose. That’s what I would do, especially as some are shooting.

Brilliant, thanks Tetters, that's one job sorted.

Plant sciences. What is the durability of a seed? Please Google this.