General Gardening Discussion

Told them David!!!! It's a staffie

It might be me Kathy, Semperviviums growing on corragated asbestos?

Hi Nikita,Walnut i can vouch for that.Clematis Montana will grow VERY quickly, mine are monsters (pretty but large), they are very heavy but not sure if chain link fence will be the easiest to grow it up/over. If you go for Honeysuckle have a look at Himalayan Honeysuckle. It is quite...

I can now answer my own question, the cornus is Dogwood

Strongy, I liked the first answers best.Mine are still in the original 12 cm pot, all 7 of them, and between 12 - 18 cm tall. I was seriously considering feeding mine cheese and pickle sandwiches too and asking my cousin davris to send me some English water over. However, now you have...

Thanks mate.As you can see iv planted it over the other side of the stream so its got as much room as it likes it can go as mad as it wants.

and again !

Hi Chan,The fact that they contacted you to let you know the boss would be away ... is a good sign.I'm rooting (excuse the pun ) for you, the best of luck

TY Keving,I'm bouncing back quickly, i simply can't allow time for illness/breakages without booking it into my year well in advance the consultant despairs of me he says, but i make him laugh so get away with it :D

John,Hobbled up onto the patio (a bit late i know but the floodlight was on ) and there is a tree stump by the big gate and it looks suspiciously like there is a Budd sprouting out the side of it. No flowers but the leaves look very much like it. Also found what looked like another bunch...

David,I seem to recall thru the hazy fog of my memory that when i was perusing container gardening i was told coffee grounds are good for keeping slugs away.Cant remember who told me but THANK U whoever you are :D

That's another good one Walnut ,i saw them doing it on t.v. the other night(Gardeners World i think)and it definately works.

:D :D Well why not AG... It is a pretty mix!! :D :D

Hi all,Some of my pots have started to become 'past their best' so I would like to add some nice new plants for the winter but am unsure what to use over the winter. Pansies are about as far as my knowledge goes, this is my first winter as a gardener! Also any suggestions of any veggies to...

ThanksYes, I am trying to make them bushier.

I have seen it suggested that you dig a trench round the shrub, ie round the rootball, leave it for a while and lift it later. You are cutting through the roots that you can't take anyway, but you stimulate the plant to grow new fine roots within the existing rootball to compensate. This makes...

Helen,J Parkers have a sale on and i got them on the net. The whole lot came to less than �£40 :DIncluding the plants that i killed with kindness i reckon ive tipped the scales at around �£300 hubby hasn't noticed yet, but i think the 5ft red robin is going to be obvious when...

Helen/Intermiplants,:D :D :DThe guy next door wants a pair to wear with braces - jokeThe postie no longer knocks with parcels he seems to discreetly leave them on the door step mid morning :D

Hi Linda I see these pots now, my two boys had them for their toys when they were little although just like you I was tricked into all the tidying!After I got fed up of the boys not using them they went into the garage, one of them even ended up as a little pool complete with plants and...

I did try it one year LoL, all the putting in the dark etc. What a palaver...!! Yes I got the red brachts... The next year I forgot all about it & I got pink/red brachts...!!!! In the wild they grow like weeds & will grow into trees of about 10' or so if allowed. I did see some huge...