General Gardening Discussion

I heard on the radio that the Dutch government has bought a huge amount of peat bogs in Ireland for the purpose of preserving them and not allowing them to be dug up!

Its a great thing - enthusiasm. :D :D :D

....my hubby did!!!Read here!

Well just like Newbie I'ave been using my new cold frame and I am pleased to write that my cape daisy cuttings are rooting so well that they are coming through the bottom of the pots.Everything else like the lavender & the fushcia cuttings look good and alive although no roots coming...

Unless that album you've linked to is public, you need to copy the image tag into your post here.

sorry pam can't help you but hope you get someone soon.

Another interesting one is the flame creeper, Tropaeolum speciosum - as it not only has lovely red flowers followed by vivid blue berries, it's a climber, so you get the height element too! Have a look,...

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We have problems keeping the Leucojum vernale going. The bulbs just disappear, it could be mice or soil conditions. I can keep the tiny autumn flowering ones in the rock garden and in pots no trouble, other than hundreds of self seeded ones and distinguishing between the bulbs and grass!

Peter, I can't find your thread on the Salvia cuttings, so I'll say here that I went and collected the three rootings this morning, thank you very much.Also, I have good news ... the S guaranitica, the Salvia being the discussion of this thread originally, has a mass of little roots on it...

Glad they came good Waco, and they were in the greenhouse mix I think, weren't they?

or the monkeys ate him

Have you heard about this? http://www.friendshipestates.co.uk/yew-collection/yew-collection.html

Well the garden has gone a month without sun and looks really good!!!!! The sweet peas are still flowering, the tomatoes in the baskets are still growing and the Dahlias are still blooming though look a little washed out without sun. I think as the sun disappears around the front of house and...

The depth of planting is normally reckoned to be 2 to 3 times the height of the bulb of soil above the top of the bulb, except for some which need to be deeper (Tulips say) or shallower (Nerines). It dpeneds on the variety, but the ones in the flower beds going into Minehead are often in flower...

Thank you, I'll get it in and find a nice bright place for it.

thanks for replies ... yes its a fair slope .. i did think about the water aspect of it ... but not nutrients so will have a go at putting something back into the soil ... i will do the same with the maderensis in the back border though this is not sloping ,.. just two of the same plants one...

thank you both for your very good replies to my question i will try and save them thanks agaian slim

Berberis or hawthorn would get my vote although hawthorn is more likely to be easyer to get established.

Inter, instead of pellets why not use a liquid control csuch as Slugit? You water it on the plants and soil and is effective for up to 6 months. David.