General Gardening Discussion

Great pictures Stephen!

i thought creeping thyme needed full sun rather than shade

Hello NzJames and welcome to the forum Where is your location? It would help putting that in your profile so we can give better advice.The other question I've got is what sort of soil are you on? The reason I'm asking is that some of your plants only like acidic soil. If you're not sure you...

I've got a feeling, "M" that the variety is "Versicolor"

Hope the allotment is okay @Ellie Jones and that your hip is not too painful :( Sounds unpleasant, whatever happened :(

I would say personally i prefer using hand tools and kneeling down to do stuffthan have long tools to do it because then your hunched over and it affects your back more imo it just makes the work harder rather than easier

I agree with JWK - you were a little premature. It is *after* they have died down that you can store them. Personally, I don't bother digging them out because no sooner have they died back and dug up for storage, it feels like it is time to dig them in again

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They are fairly easy to grow. My this years outdoor plants are lifted from the garden in April into sheltered large pots and fruit allowed to fatten up. As they start to ripen I put the large pots in a greenhouse away from Blackbirds, slugs etc nothing worse than a half eaten strawberry. There a...

Good evening @Sixtie7 why not go round and have a quiet word in his ear,I always find this to be the best way,could be that he is harmless and he doesn't realise that he is causing you to worry,maybe its just your perception of the situation that is wrong,but I do understand your concern,who...

And a decent sized Magnolia is going to cost a fair few pennies. We were looking at some 3 to 4 feet tall ones and they were £60 in a normally cheapish Nursery.

That makes a lot of sense @shiney I shall have to pen the dates in my diary for next year.

You'll need terraces and/or retaining walls.

Damages the roots though Good! It would damage the roots Can you also tell it: please don't damage the roots? No? Best not then: it would damage your roots

Thanks, Stu but we have no bananas!

These are the ones I made, a small one with a scented night flox and the other is Persicaria Purple.

I think some varieties have a natural purply/reddish coloured foliage.Tbh, I don't know which varieties do, but this could be one of them?

Sorry to hear of your mishaps Silu and Charlie. I hope the damage isn't to bad and your plants recover well.

Ooh er missus Well me stems vary with age. This plant was started last year so it is past its possible plaiting period, the young stems tend to be a bit brittle, but then that is just this particular one. I've had ones trained upwards before that have very slender flexible stems. I think...