General Gardening Discussion

Hi Nigel. Since this is my 1st 25th Wedding anniversary I am no expert!!! I think it all depends on the couple what they want,some may want the once in a lifetime holiday somewhere and that would be their presie. Whatever you give your partner it is a thank you for the 25 years of being...

Will do when it’s fully into growth it will be going in one on my stupidly big pots so might restrict it a bit but time will tell

Well @Freddy we all like a bit of jiggery and even the occasional pokery..... but those seedlings brought on in their own little snug environment (without the dreaded hairnets) prefer their own little un jiggered and pokered spaces so their little roots can get big and strong without being...

Thanks @pete , @Verdun . I'll start potting them up into larger pots today . I made myself a cold frame over winter . This will be great for hardening off , I can leave lid open during the day and close at night .

This is a good site to get ideas from Long Acre Plants I've ordered from them in the past with no complaints.

Yes I agree with you, I think I thought that it was maybe individual genes on a plant that were affected and caused the mutation, but otherwise not sure at all..

That is sooooo good guesty Your little one....and probably his friends .....will love it. Great carpentry skills

I'm a bit squeamish for that @WeeTam and there's soooo many of them on this particular poor rose. I've ordered 100 ladybird larvae, that should sort it!

Hi All. Went shopping today and Morrisons have got their annuals for sale already. A bit early for me to buy as need lot of room to store them as too early to plant. Anyway they seemed to increased their range again this year and I saw some fuchsias for sale. This is not unusual but they were...

Aww thanks @wiseowl Woo that’s s lovely offer, but let’s see what stock they get in or I will go to a local garden centre

No problem it will save you looking through lots of posts not relevant to your issue, hope it makes a full recovery .

Apologies. Not sure what happened there. I think my keyboard is haunted. Anyway, two Fritillary from one garden centre and two from another. All planted in the same area. two are great, the other two are really weak.There, I made it.

Some friend/idiot was down in Devon last year on holiday and saw Echium growing, Thought they were great and then my pal ie me hasn't got these, just the present to bring back as a thank you for me watering her Toms. Hmm sure they will be tender and b all use to grow here. Friend keeps asking...

my guess would be Leycesteria formosa.

They can grow quite big if they aren't pruned. We've had this one over thirty years. The roots are beginning to lift the coping on our little frog pond, but I'm not bothered.

Ok, I'll get some more seeds and try again then. Thanks!

I give mine a good dig over every year and top up mulch @Mike Allen and I don't use membrane so that my soil doesn't compact.. It is good soil and lots of worms but my soil is beautiful fine loam, and sadly dries out very quickly so the wood chips help retain moisture too..

Well we have garden furniture now in that black Granite plastic wicker...i got the main table and 4 chairs last year for on the decking and then two more chairs for on the slabbing besides small tables and it cleans up marvellous, it's strong and never loses it's colour.

Haucheras, ferns as there are some very colourful ones and grasses would be my first thoughts Woo..

We propagate all our plants from our own garden or from gardens where we've scrounged (or Scrunged) cuttings or seeds. Mrs Shiney quite often knocks on people's doors and asks for cuttings from their plants. We've never been turned down yet.