General Gardening Discussion

Morning everyone, it's a very frosty one is Cambridgeshire at the minute, sun is shining strong and blue skies in abundant! ❄️Amaryllis Is coming along nice and well, not long till the flower pops I imagine, happily basking in the sun in the conservatory.

You've had one before, haven't you, Shiney

Not hardy.. can't remember what it's called. Kept in a porch, have been watering very little and it's not too warm in there, max about 12c. What's happening? It has hardly any leaves but lots of flower buds?!This is the other one I'm over wintering. Lots of leaves no buds.. which is what I...

Thanks very much.Will check it

Thanks v much @Trunky , I wasn't sure it was regular honeysuckle as the flowers were yellow so Japanese would make sense. I'll give it a good tidy up soon-it's been looking a right mess from inside the garden.

I didn't go there to see Joni but to see Joan Baez. Joan was the organiser of all the Big Sur Folk and the money went to her charity. I also went to see Judy Collins but she didn't turn up that year . I became a fan of Joni because of her performance there.Judy Collins wasn't known very...

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Thanks @shiney I've deleted it properly now

Where in the UK are you!

Looking at it, if the feeder was full and toped up, it may not be a problem, did the bird get in through the top, if so a top would be needed to be fitted to stop them getting in

Just one more thought about this. According to the article so kindly posted by @"M" the ashes are alkaline. It strikes me that if the alkalinity was measured, then Flowers of Sulphur could be added to bring down the pH.It does take a while for the Sulphur to break down, but a little bit of...

Video watched and box ticked. I saw air frost on the way home yesterday hanging over fields, even though I had my camera with me I couldn't stop for a photo as the road was to busy.

It shouldn't need watering or feeding. Netting keeps the pests off but the vine will grow into and through the net given half a chance.

If you can give everyone, as previously said, an idea of generally where you live, Phillip, what direction your garden faces, [North, West, East, South], is it sheltered, and what kind of soil and any pics if possible and of course the plants you're thinking of protecting.!! That will give...

I couldn't agree more!One that I am quite excited about is Petunia exserta. It should grow to have an upright bushy form but whether that will happen in the UK remains to be seen...............The photo was borrowed from the following page where more info can be found.............

I killed one one winter. But I would love to try again. Again I suspect that I over watered it. When you have plants like bananas that like a lot of water, its so easy to give everything a splash in winter, when in fact many plants really don't want any.The difficulty is - finding a Tacca,...

OK then, big and blowzy compared to most of your favs! Still no photos 'cos it hasn't stopped raining yet and probably won't until June The chickens starved to death two days ago

We got Evening Primrose is starting the flower again

I've put wire netting over the containers with bulbs in otherwise squirrels dig them up. In my garden they don't seem to bother too much with bulbs planted in the ground. There are battery powered ultrasonic scarers available but having never tried them I don't know if they are the answer.

Wow! That's early I like it though, bring Spring forward