General Gardening Discussion

Thanks for the pointer @"M" the forest grass does look very nice . Any more ideas anyone on ornamental grasses ?

Thank you Zigs,"M",Scrungee and PeteBramleys and some eaters for apple crumble and for the birds in winter

No problem. Just plant it now. If it's a "running" type, you may need some sort of root barrier. If "clumping" type, it's OK.

Could be . Lots of the council planters are very large "saddle" types . These sit on the barrier fences at road junctions . They are watered with a bowser that comes round now and then . So I presume there is a reservoir inside . Then again it could be the diesel and petrol fumes which keep...

Cheers @Anthony Rogers, brilliant suggestion I did think about it actually as I got these and a few single packets of seed which you mentioned..and I had no luck sowing larkspur this year so I'll give it a bash, ta!

That's another thing I like to do too, sharing (limited) knowledge and learning about the different ways people do things. And if there's "nothing" to do in your own garden, you can always pop next door and help out with her rose bush/weeds.. which I done last Fri

In my VM Launch & Offensive, I use two methods for my troughs.1 ► Vine Weevil Killer Spray. Used to use Provado but that doesn't seem to be available anywhere now so I use the BugClear one. Even that is getting difficult to source.2 ► I put down a line of Ant Killer powder encircling the...

Still got a few reblooming Trance

Nah thanks,I like having Fuchsias ( besides Winter flowering ones ) flowering in January and picking Roses for Christmas

Probably pull your front wall/railings down, then chuck a load of stone all over the garden so numerous cars can park all over it, that's what most people seem to do these days.

Thanks again to you all. Your comments are most appreciated.

I bought an acer plant last year, but unfortunately at the end of the first summer only 2 twigs were growing. My initial thought was that the rest of the plant wasn't growing due to some kind of infestation. So back in May I trimmed the the 2 twigs that had grown excessively long right down,...

It is indeed.lol

This is very to easy to find down here as I know of at least one place where it has naturalised in a damp verge and is an impressive sight in spring. To me the bruised foliage smells of burning tyres, I grew it in a well drained sunny spot for some years until it tried to take over. I now grow...

A kiwi fruit ? Might take a few years till it fruits up but when it does yumyum. Or a grape vine, free wine

OK I'll leave well alone

Lewisias grow in north facing vertical faces in the Rocky Mountains and have a slight preference for acidic soil. They are very difficult to grow in a maritime climate. (Too much winter wet.) Therefore you have to try and replicate their own conditions. They are succulents (hate wet) and can...

Thanks Redwing, that's a good suggestion and I'll plant a couple tomorrow. I too love this plant and have one that grew back this year so know it's a 50/50 thing.

Fairly small garden so can't really store the cuttings out of sight.Sounds like an incinerator is they way to go from the replies - ta ....definitely the way to go...

They don't need to be. But it's easier to feel like you've got the makings of a den if it's den shaped. Once established, the willow I have will easily put on 8ft in a year, but from 2ft cuttings you'd be looking at a minimum of a year before you have enough to structure as a den.I looked at...