General Gardening Discussion

Good to know, thanks!

They advertise them in the gardening magazines at 2 for £9.99.

I never thought of plants being poor pollinators . I understood there are good pollinators , but never realised some plants are very poor . Posts from another forum on this......Q:I read that plants like pansies, begonias, bedding pelargoniums, petunias, busy lizzies and hydrangeas are...

@Notty1975 Yes as long as it is a very light grey I don't see why not.. I hadn't seen that stuff. If you feel it isn't bright enough when done you can always go over it with acrylic white anyway..

You'm putting ideas into a naughty gardeners head

thanks for that...may as well order some

guess it depends on the environment you have. mine are "free roaming". and my neighbors have missed the two males that went to heaven 2 years ago as rabbits are more noticeable. down to 4 cats, they stay on our land. prefer to sleep in the house on pillows in the garden room.

My husband has given me two pictures he took without me knowing. This was just before it died. We had to cut it back quite drastically after we moved and it looked like it was recovering but it wilted and then died. Does this help with ID at all? Thanks x

How about fuchsia Genii? A hardy yellow leaved variety? No, the spanish b are more invasive but bluebells are great for wild spacious areas I think. Not advisable in the average garden in my opinion

@kerrygirl Your in good hands now members are replying

But still going!

Now then ya scallywag @KFF 'y ...... Have ya no creativity I told ya what i use the miniatures for ...

Thanks everyone! It's warming up nicely down here in Devon but maybe I'll leave it for a couple of weeks to be completely sure. It's next to the house so it never catches frost (I pull it under the canopy of the roof for the winter to save it being waterlogged and frost-bitten, and keep it...

You a bit hard up after your holiday?

Thank you @HarryS, good to have that information. Off for a browse now!

Not as bad as Mr Clucky; the hens liked him, loved him even, but he was a terror to my small children (a long time ago). Youngest son has the scars to prove it. He became chicken soup.

I grow clematis from seed for a bit of fun. Has @Redwing and @noisette47 says a lot of growers do throw a lot away, I have a friend the grows clematis and he's launching a new montana this year which was a chance seedling with a 8-9 cm diameter flower and scented.He has raised a lot of new...

They should be fine, more chance of heat damaging seeds than cold. Some species actually require chilling to getminate. The only danger is that they started germinating before they froze."Freezing seeds does not harm them, and can greatly extend their lifespan if done properly. All seed banks...

I'll plant up some Violas and cut back after the first flush of flowers and see if I can get the summer out of them. As you I always remove flowers from most early plants when planting to encourage growth not flowers at the early stage.