General Gardening Discussion

Definitely Gary

The farmer behind us put a pipe in a dyke and backfilled with soil. That land is now prone to flooding. The flooding doesn't effect us as such but it is an obstacle in the seeking of planning permission.G.

Ok catnip.?? Tough as old boots..

After a false alarm thinking my jasmine had not survived the Beast, it has come back with a vengeance, doing fabulously, growing fast and now starting to flower.But, it's being grown as fence cover and a little bit over the top for privacy but of course it's growing in every direction and...

I didn't expect such a show of interest in my request for a useful app. I am now going to download the PlantNet one and see if it's any Improvement on the others I have tried.Thanks for the suggestions.

Hi @Colo , yeah keep deadheading them and they'll flower all Summer.

Ha ha

I have that effect on people quite a lot - but the two words are reversed!

One of my Calendulas has a double sided flower head

Again, thanks for the advice. I will prick all the flower buds out. Oddly, only a few of the plants have these - is that a male/female thing, or just timing?In an ideal world, I would plant these out tomorrow, but for a lot of reasons, the conifers aren’t coming up until at least winter...

Hydrangea Anomala Petiolaris is lovely and thrives on North facing walls and is fully hardy.

@CanadianLori @martin-f and @JWK ...lovely to see how your children besides grandchildren having taken the bug up as well and smashing pictures

Many thanks. I need tomorite for something else so two birds and one stone...

transplanted my Moon Flowers into a long trough planter, there are 12 in there. now about 4 inches tall. still waiting to secure the climbing trellis. hope in 3 weeks they will be ready.

As usual, we have drifted away from the original topic (nothing wrong with that ) but lighting is always a contentious issue. Trying to draw a line between necessary lighting, aesthetic lighting, power conservation and light pollution is an impossibility - and everyone has their own ideas of...

Well done DHR

Hi @Emmagarden are those ants on your Knapweed too, difficult to see from the photo.Ants by themselves won't do much harm to plants, they feed on other insects. However their burrowing nests may undermine the roots of young plants. Ants like dry soil condition so keep giving the willow and...

Hi reb, it's coming on alright mate and two of mine flower in that colour or purple...just need to see what they're like this year. So you kept it where it was? and just gave it some food

Good afternoon I just love Foxgloves but won't have them in the garden because of my furry friends,they are toxic to animals

Not sure what it is but pretty sure its not badgers as we have them and they dig big holes.