General Gardening Discussion

Plotty I really enjoy looking at your site. I've a bit of success despite the hot weather looking to plant for the winter now although not too sure what to do next. I've already got red cabbage in the ground but not sure when they will be ready if anyone has any tips for me will be grateful. ...

I got loads of glauca rose seedlings if anyone wants one.

OK I managed to get one - or several, local nursery were chucking them out as no one seemed to know wht they were or what to do with them!They are stunning!How do I keep them over winter with limited space? whats best way of getting cuttings?THANKS

I too am harvesting regularly, but I am thinking about this winter - I have just planted orange and purple carrots and some parsnips and potatoes went in a couple of weeks ago..The carrots will hopefully be ready for christmas dinner, but I imagine the parsnips won't be ready until feb/mar...

Definite no-no if there is no outside tap, as Kandyfloss has illustrated. I install loads of the things, they aren't perfect, but once set up they do the job which is to water when the (in my case client) owner is absent/absentminded/busy.I won't install window-boxes in my gardens without...

We have it, a really nice mid season flowerer.

You don't seem to have PM facility turned on so you have email from me :D :D :D

If it`s a dog then you`ll have problems getting him to go in one place as he`ll naturally want to mark his territory.As Liz said it`s the massive over fert that causes the damage, sometimes it`s assumed the acidic PH is responsible but if tested you`ll find its pretty close to neutral, so the...

I forgot about C. heraclifolia. We had Wyvale somewhere, but it may be one of the drought victims this year.

landscapejuicer..your sunflowers are really lovely and its a awesome photo.. :D

She has been blowing in the wind today really needs a new stake.At least this gives you an idea of Gloire de Versailles.

Welcome Platti - as well as all the very good suggestions if you use the search facility of this forum - you can find pictures of colour in the garden for every month of the year in the Beginners Section. Check out January Garden Colour, and so on.

Hi Krafty - that does not look good. It could be a virus - but whatever, I would remove it away from the others. If it was me, I would destroy it - just to safeguard the others - but putting it in a pot in another part of the garden and observing may be an option.

It was really interesting and taught me loads. My 6yr old watched it with me and is now asking if we can have a herb patch. Wished I'd recorded it for reference. Thanks Hornbeam, might have missed it if you hadn't posted

Nice one Windy,morning to you

Hi Plotty, What kind of pumpkin is Daniel growing? I too have been given a mixed bag of dahlia's. I have planted them and I cannot wait until next year to see what type of flowers they give me. Well done for such a good blog.

Ain't it just!

I've not grown it myself, so I go along with what Fran says, try pollenating it by hand. Try crossing it with the pollen from the caerulea. Just a thought but why do you want the fruit? Once the fruit start to form they tend to slow down the flowering.

Hi Rich! Welcome back to GC - Co Durham is a great area isn't it? As for the rain, since the heatwave subsided it has hardly stopped!Look forward to some pics of your world tour.

I have seen problems in a few areas, only one of which I can categorically state comes from the bark, but once I started thinking about this possible transmission route I also noticed the new arrival of symptoms sometimes corresponds with the application of the mulch. I now only use pure bark -...