General Gardening Discussion

Daisybelle, my thoughts too. The times we go into Wilkos and admire their skills in producing dried flowers and plants from living ones.They must dispose of double what they sell. I thought B&Q were bad enough but Wilkos must be the worst. As a grower it sickens me to see this kind of...

Hi Billrobo, I bought a camelia this year and reading up on them before purchasing I found that some prefer a particular aspect for example east facing not west facing for best results. I don't know about the flowering part yet but it has put on a lot of new growth this year and looks very...

Thanks all for your very kind advise. We are using the leylandii to screen our garden from our neighbours who are 'Network Rail'. The railway embankment on the other side of our fence is extremely ugly, there are brambles growing into our garden and Network rail are extremely noisy neighbours....

Thanks for the advice. It's all making more sense to me now.To answer 'youngdaisydee's question, i'm not 100% sure...they are to be sown Jul-Sept and Dec-March if that helps.

I agree with daitheplant, cut it back in Spring and give it a feed then.

You can gather the seeds and keep some back for planting next year, then spreasd the others on a baking tray and cook in the over for several hours on a low gas, when cool pop them in air tight tins, and sprinkle on your cereal or use as snacks, very good for you. Buzzing around!

Strongy, thank you very much for your seed offer- I have some seedlings from seed you sent me last year! still tiny though. This was a larger bush which I had for 5 years. On the bright side my sunflowers were enormous and the morning glories have been beautiful.

I don't think I'd be drawn to a gardening book that didn't have any pictures. One likes to see what the results might be, after all.

elf, very important - don't add the nettles and your own urine at the same time :eek: :eek: ouch :D

Laurie,Firstly hello :DSecondly, you had more luck with yours than i had with mine, one started to bloom and the rest just couldn't be asked :(

I love all the seasons, but spring and autumn are my favourites, and anytime after or during rain (call me crazy :D ).I just strole along and watch my four legged friends enjoying the new smells and sights, aaaaaaah the perfect day :D

Hmm, yes, I was thinking now would be good too. The weather's just turned now so that I don't want to be outside though-I may have to summon assistance :D

looks like Agave Americana Marginata in the first pic, in the darkened pic it looks more like Variegata!Nice plants.www.palmsnexotics.zoomshare.comPaul M Murray

... just make sure they don't have foot and mouth or blue tongue disease ... :eek: :eek:Have my pork with crackling ready for tomorrow ...

Make sure you have the space or youll be forever pruning it, however for masking a shed it would be ideal

PeterS, thanks for the picture It looks quite similar in stature to a bamboo - not how I imagined it to look.JarBax, good luck with your ginger, we'll have to compare our progress

Hi plotty, you are doing a great job, like Paula I do a lot of veg growing in containers. Buzzing around!

Ola CactusLady ... and welcome from one Lady to another.Depends on where you are in Spain ... it takes us 13 hours non-stop driving from here to Santander. However, if you're somewhere on the Med ... I'm 1.5 hours from the border.I've been gardening here for ten years so am well...

Hello all, just to let you know that I have posted my latest update and to say thanks to those of you who have ordered some of my Sweet Pea seeds, thanks Steve.http://www.myallotments.com

Hi..i actually work for Airbus(wing manufacture)pretty boring.....but it`s a job! freddy.