General Gardening Discussion

Hi, David. Thanks for that, will do so. I think I'll trim it into a nice shape (it's a bit straggly looking) in the Autumn, feed it and then maybe ... just maybe it may flower next year.Hope all is okay with you?

Hi Bettyb - I'm sat here listening to the rain against the window!!!! We had some sun over the weekend, but at the moment, its either too wet or too hot - nothing in between (mind you, our hot is likely to be positively cold by your standards!!!!!!!! :D ) We have hardly been out in the garden...

JarBax beautiful pics beautiful flower

I took the seeds from my white delphinium, could I sew them now or should I leave them for spring.I like gardening but i'm clueless when to sew? thankyou for reading it and i will be grateful for your attention to sew my seeds. :confused:

Cyclamen, if fresh, a couple of days. Clematis, not till spring.

Can you give us a picture of the whole plant.Looking at the leaves in your picture, I'm inclined to agree with John.. June/July is very late to plant a shrub - fortunately with this summer survivable. But it would help to see the totality.

They only sent me the kernels - looks like someones done the cracking for me

Most of the blackberrys have finished round us!!

My whole garden seems to be clay. It is getting better though just after 1 year of turning it all over Titchmarsh style. I do need more organic material in it though, but i need to get rid of some of my current soil because my beds getting too high according to my g/f

thank you for your reply, sorry for my mispelling to sow ha! well i'm going to sow a few seeds tomorrow and leave them in the greenhouse for the winter. now if it doesn't work then i'll have to sow the rest of the delphiniums in the spring.

Rick, assuming you want a hedge about 6ft high and about 3ft thick, then cut your hedge to a height of 6ft and a thickness of 3ft. It will look like a load of sticks but I promise you, you will end up with a beautiful privet hedge. David.

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There are lots of hazel trees around where I live - beautiful. Have to be quick for the nuts! I love hazelnuts - gorgeous roasted!

The thingies are flowers I think, we had some on the alocasias in the garden centre and I asked what they were, I was told flowers.

It looks superb as it is celia. Now I know what a cornish hedge is too thanks. John

And Windy Miller, Here are a few flowers i 'borrowed' from a wood on Trencrom Hill, just outside St, Ives. Cornwall!!

I don't think it's down to the rain, as the leaves are changing colour. I think they would just turn brown if it were waterlogged, though I'm not sure. Have you fed them at all over the time you've had the trees?

that all sounds wonderfull, thanks for the tips

Hi Maplewood and welcome, I would not make such a massive cut all at one go. I would be inclined to cut it back by about 6 inches now, and then take it back by another 6 inches in January/February. I would repeat this procedure again next year in August/September and the following...

Hi Witchy and welcome, I think you have some stunning views there. As far as your ideas for the front garden are concerned I think that bright orange amongst pinks and purples would be fantastic,( I would not use white it is such a negative shade ). David.