General Gardening Discussion

Most interesting thanks guys

:D :D Wish I'd seen that Royster, would have given me a right laugh :D :D My babies are growing really quickly now the Mums gone and I can really see the difference in just a few days. Soon be posting about my Cordylines taking over the garden! Think I'm going to leave them in situ on...

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Down here its been very windy the last two days,but this morning its calm and the sun is out

Looks most interesting WF,might give it a go

Guess that answers that one!! :rolleyes: And there was me thinking there would be a good reason....

Very Impressive Steve, again!!!!!! Oh, how I wish I had the time!!! Never mind, I have managed to put aside a little of the garden to do some yummy bits in next year.....

Que sera...! Does "ahmen" mean the same thing but in a kind of biblical sense? I guess the tree may need the help of God once I get going on the rootballing!Cheers! Roy

...I just came across this so tried...what fun... now my little granddaughter is going in search of them. Fun!!!

Yes, we were able to take pics but since we just have an old-fashioned camera and also a PC where we cannot put anything up, you will have to be patient while I ask around who can put pics up for me. Must still use the last film up and then take it to be developed, as the third visit pics are...

Thanks Dave, so some do and some dont.

I have also just planted 'Queen of the Night' Tulips in plastic troughs. Instructions were 12cm deep and 8cm apart I managed to get 7 in each trough (about 0.5m long) along with a dozen or so Nacissi 'Minow' Used a 50/50 mixture of my own compost and commercial peat free compost.Generally...

Thanks Frogesque I've made a note of the name. I've been meaning to grow some from seed for years and now we have room I think I'll have a go. I assume that it's the Physali alkekengi that I should be looking for?

I covered a cut down sanguinea with a large flower pot filled with straw last winter. It survived, but regrew from underground suckers, its not however made enough growth to flower, due to the stopping of growth in mid summer. The suckers do root easily, something that seems very difficult to...

It will not be noticeable after a while Rich,although that stem will remain and grow thicker. I think plants grown from seed will always have that different appearance at ground level as opposed to plants from cuttings. The leaf shape will also change to the usual flatterned type after a year...

what an amazing pic miraflores- the pink veins in that are amazing, what kind is it?I have lost the sink now - i had to move and had no room for it... but I have bought a cobra lily which is pretty special and a droserra capensis which is nearly dead....

and here are some tips on how to create a beautiful hanging basket. I can add that the vynil tubing can be purchased in a pet shop (aquarium kind of tubing)http://www.taunton.com/finegardening/pages/g00020.asp

Re the pansies, I would plant them out now. They are tough plants, I have even found them flowering under snow. Frosts make them flow, but as soon as the frost is gone they perk up.If you have a particular busy lizzie that you want to propogate, and that may be difficult to find again - then...

Also watch out for Narcissus bulb fly and/or bulb rots - either would have been apparent when you dug them up.One trick that may help if they are growing in poor soil or under grass is to feed them. they can absorb nutrients very early in the growing season, so a general or slightly nitrogen...

I have to cut them back every month or two but I just love them. The blue one is definitely a different variety from the rest.