General Gardening Discussion

Hi Meriel Have a look at this link for pruning all sorts of willows including "Hakuro nishiki" http://www.bluestem.ca/willows-pruning.htm

Thank you for the advise pete2255.

If you can help even for a few hours let me know by email or reply to the message. Thanks Dave

thanks for that Fran - what do you mean about losing the standard effect, do you mean if there is no growth on branches to just let it sprout from the main stem? If so will it just bush out.Thanks agian

Thank you so much for the suggestions. Think I'll start off with Plantclear. Rhubarb leaves do indeed sound messy and the mention of a flame gun is positively scary.I shall report in due course.

I only has a small attack. I let it grow a bit then sprayed with roundup. I then rolled the foliage into a ball and pushed it into a polythene bag with a bit more roundup and sealed the neck with sellotape. The other end of the foliage, the roots, were still in the ground.After a while it...

ThanksI'd like them to grow to about 6 foot. I don't mind the trimming and shaping.We're hoping to sell next year so I'm going to plant them inpots so we can take them with us. Hopefully they'll also brightene up the front of the house which is very bare at the moment.I have several...

We have an indestructable passion flower!It was growing over a huge ceanothis (sp?) bush/tree last year which was so huge and out of control we decided to cut it down.At that time the passion flower consisted of several long spindly strands draped over the tree.When we cut it back I...

Thanks for the reply Ray. Unfortunately the new fence is coming next week!!! We may be able to leave at its current position and work around it. I'm worried about a post for the new fence being put in next to the base of the honeysuckle thus maybe causing damage to roots. Will keep you...

Ok Id think it will survive but the side that is badly damaged will not regenerate from bare wood.

Steve,that's the one!!!We thought ours were beyond saving - but they are doing great now.

hi everyone, ive just sown the above named seeds, i was wondering,does anyone have an idea how long these take to germinate any info would be appreciated

'They' say 6 months but it depends a lot on what type of soil you have and where the heap is, sunny/damp etc. If it's clay in a damp shady spot it could be more likr 18 months.

Guess id better give you the address. :Dwww.gardenaction.co.ukTold you short attention span :rolleyes:

i have a corner patch which was completely covered in ground elder. I dug up what i could, and placed 2 layers of membrane on top, leaving holes for the shrubs. I'm just about to tackle the new growth this afternoon, and put yet another layer of membrane down, covered with bark.That said,...

The chalk would probably leach into the hole eventually. If a bigger pot is out of the question try taking off the top two inces of soil (even if it means getting rid of some of the roots) and top dressing with ericaceous compost. You say it's looking miserable, you're not watering it with tap...

P.S....give it plenty,PLENTY of water after you've moved it & water regularly for a couple of weeks.

Greetings to all and may your fingers always be green!!I would like to construct a self-contained stream to run for about 20ft - any information on design eg. lining, pump capacity and power, resevoir siteing and size would be gratefully appeciated.

Many thanks Pete

lol y thank you! i have been dieting!!!!