General Gardening Discussion

Now that is an early one Nigel. Not even planted my bulbs yet !

We don't use weedkillers and just talk nicely to the weeds and ask them to behave them selves. Works for us

Hi John,For a good Spring display how about Aubrieta and Alyssum Saxatile planted to spread along the top and to cascade down them.You could also add Aquilegia, Geraniums and summer flowering annuals to extend the season.

Hi Ian, I've moved your post over to the November Thread.......that's is a glorious Clematis.

Well done I wish I could convert my 136 hours of leaf clearing to just 4 or 5 hours!

Many thanks.

.....um, I was being thick. When the second lot germinated from my other plant I realised what was going on. They are single embryos with no hypocotyl emerging from the seed, it's just the petiole bits of the cotyledons coming out of the seed the popping up 3cm above the compost.

Well only just found this thread but I love roses, particularly in the garden where I have a variety but if bought a bunch I think I would prefer about 15 yellow roses. Reminds me of the Irish song.

Christmas Cactus in flower

@pete and @Sheal I only have East and North facing walls, but the North one is a kind of alleyway with the garage one side and a lower wall the other so that could be ok. Thanks for the advice everyone.

Hi Craig,no don't bother to trim the roots,just wash of all the old soil etc. them just place them in trays,cover roots with compost and keep frost free.

You had yours in used Vouchers!!

Thanks very much....as it happens I found that one of my gardening books.....AUTUMN IN THE GARDEN...has a chapter on pruning!!

The somebody that told you they are slow growing was wrong Silu. I had a Deutzia many years ago and yes, they do need room and are quick to grow. Crocus confirms this below.....

Don't let the wood aven set seed and dig out/weed kill as much as you can. It will grow anywhere and is very invasive in my experience.

Yep, Redwing is, as usual, spot on with the advice, Jack.

Do you overwinter them in pots or leave them in the ground?

I agree, but to be fair to whoever made up the health and safety at work act, I think they were merely trying to build common sense into law.They could have been specific and listed every possible hazard they could think of and then ban it, but then inevitably you'd get someone who did...

Hi HarryS, I've used premier seeds before, mainly for veg, salad though. Will definitely have a look at their flowers now as well, thanks for reminding me about them

I've got enough for several pages