General Gardening Discussion

ok, I'm a shirker! lolErm...well, like some of the others, my avatar speaks for itself. Love Passion Flowers, so exotic looking Our big passiflora aerulea is still going strong regardless of the rain, wind & cold, so I have to pick that (at the moment )

Making silk, very funny :D I am hoping to find a bargin.

Many thanks it is an Antactica. I have moved it today and will wait and see with baited breath to see if it takes. The roots were not that deep and I put it in compost so I hope so. Thanks for all your help. Jean

Thanks for the info everyone, plastic bags do have a use after all

I think that is what I liked best about them, they really respond to feeding.

cheers Helen.. the hubs recovered now he,s had his back rub

Just done a rough caluculation and 2250cubic feet of soil is roughly 65 tons.Moving 10 tonnes by hand would be bad, 65 is realisticly not going to be possible. couple this with the fact that You would almost certainly need to constrain this earth at the base.Even if you try and move levels...

Yes leave the fronds for protection take them off in spring when the new ones push through.

Iv also folded mine over.I love gunnera and that's a cracker mate.My one i'snt as big as that yet however it's doing very well thanks to you banana man.It's the one that you sent me in the spring.

I'm glad its given a few of you the spur to have a go. It is really easy to do and not much trouble really. The size of the plant in the picture could I reckon be achieved in about 5 yrs from a single bulb, given good watering and feeding through the summer. Personally I'd say ignore any...

Well done Nathan, I feel the same as you & once i can post pics i will bore you lot rotten, ha ha.Kathy, :D i agree with you. i haven't acchieved it yet but i will get there!oh to be young (enough to understand these pc things!)CheersCheers

There you go Harry what a scream! :D Helen.xxx.

Hi folks. The site will still get sun in the winter walnut, although I couldn`t say for sure what the duration would be. Cheers...freddy.

Roders, that's really lovely. i was going to ask what they were cos i don't know much, never i hear you say!! but Helen sorted that out for me, i love those heathers.this morning a friend brought round some ivy in hanging baskets so i have some more green in the garden. the geranium is...

Thanks for that Walnut :DSo I am going to end up with three tall bushes am IT&M should be ashamed of themselvesI tied 'em back but still they are stubbormly trying to go forward, nearly as stubborn as me I suppose but I will win the war! :D

Two evergreens that spring to mind are Sarcoccoca, common name Christmas Box, and Daphne odora. Both are winter flowering and highly scented. Then you have the two failsafe evergreens, Japanese Azaleas and Hebes.

Planted Oca and Ulluco in the spring having been inspired by Simon Hickmotts 'Growing Unusual Vegetables' book to try something different. I started them off in the greenhouse in pots and then planted them out in April in a deep bed that was treated with lots of lovely well rotted manure. The...

Well I cut mine hard back yesterday and moved it to its new home I would think that a frost (as opposed to a deep freeze) will do the plant no harm. It will continue to grow roots over the winter and begin life again in springtime Because it has been cut back hard to help it survive, it will...

Thanks guys. It is sharp sand so I guess it'll be fine.

Thanks Pete, I'll "Google" it and have a look