General Gardening Discussion

Thanks Pete I'll put them out next month.

Great photos HA - such pretty flowers. The Lizard Orchid is fascinating - Ive never seen anything like it before

Artichokes plants look as beautiful...and can be veeery big !

Sesbania syn Daubentonia. Luguminosae/papilionaceaUnfortunately it is tender - but it is a gorgious tree/shrub. I brought some seed back from Florida - geminated and grew on in the greenhouse. When it grew to big for the greenhouse I overwintered it on the patio and then put it in the border -...

well roders i`m feeling better today, just looked at my wisteria and its starting to flower :D

Just to let you know, I tried the cds - the birds seemed to be admiring their reflections as they vandalised the hanging baskets. My printer ( a new Epson!) is already refusing to print magenta ....but maybe a picture of Anne Robinson with green hair might do the trick. Cat's too fat to bother...

That is beautifil palustris, I have the pale blue one but yours is stunning.

garden too small for it. thats kinda the point really. thanks!!!

MIL has done it up here too, and I'm about to!

Evening, pip. All I can say is, if yours is truly a red Jasmine, may I please have a cutting as I don't like the white against my white walls!

i cant believe i repotted it, i was afraid to do it a few weeks ago, piece of cake now! I guess pricking out the geraniums gave me the confidence! they are outside now in plug trays & are doing great!

Yes, according to Google there are several plants with the name. Agapanthus, Grass, Orchid, Iris and a few others.

Right, so I got it wrong, sorry. :D Again I think it depends on the plant and what it is, as I said earlier it definitely starts a new root system on toms, but I dont think I would do it, say, with a pelargonium, unless I was feeling lucky. The old clematis chestnut eh, think its...

On the front cover of this weeks Amateur Magazine dated May 26th there is a free packet of Mr Fothergills Swan River Daisy-'White Splendour'Inside there is on page 25 a free packet of Phostrogen 'SwellGel' water storing Crystals.Also there are two tokens to cut out on the same page for 50p...

Hi, It isn't so much a matter of pruning hard as pruning the right bits to encourage flowers! Here is the RHS advice: http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0605/wisteria.asp Yours seems to be doing really well so far- regular pruning as the article advises should ensure lots of flowers.

Hello Polyanne, I think John means a water moisture barrier between the soil and the wall. If the wall is only 4 or 500mm high then You may not get water damage. If you're concerned then dig out a narrow trench of soil along the wall but not too near it, say about 300mm and fill the bottom...

regular cutting will encourage tillering ,side shoots ,so yes it should thicken up ,cut weekly ,a little and often is better than reducing length by say 50% once a month

Mine are about a metre. Will label and seperate out the white bulb later.

Sounds right to me Peter.

I am sure you could plant them out, with no trouble. But it seems a bit of a wasted opportunity to have them there for the best part of a year doing very little. I am growing some from seed for the first time - in pots, but the plot is currently booked for things in flower now such as Hesperis...