General Gardening Discussion

Looks like it's doomed then. I am going to leave it as long as possible and then I suppose I will have to accept the inevitable

Id say virused as the stripes have breaks in them but they are your 1st leaves and ive not had stripe cannas,i think your seedlings could be ok,they say its spread by aphids so you may be lucky with them being in the house but like JWK suggested id quarentine asap x

You're welcome Clemenza.

Yes ok, thankyou for that advice I will do as you say

Great. Thanks for the advice. That's what I will do. Bit annoyed the guy who sold it to me never mentioned this.

btw if you would like any help or ideas please feel free to ask watering is key to a successful verticle garden. A good tip if your hand watering your wall garden and it isn't connected to a water supply, is the use of a pump up water sprayer, you can create enough pressure by connecting to an...

Mine have lasted two years tops... Actually just bought two more today to replace mine

Happy sunny Sunday everyone! I've had a look around online but I'm struggling to find what I'm after... Does anyone know where I could buy single stemmed Yew, preferably with branches from that stem, about 60-100cm tall? I'd like 3 to train it into topiary but I can only find young hedging...

Not sure if that counts as in your garden mate.How long has that been growing there for? Any plans for pruning come autumn?

I cut the tubers into many sections , so they are in the green bin now . I'll buy a pack off 4 next week . They should be in the garden centres now. Seems for simpler way for a few quid

I was looking at the photo of yours as mine is also looking very unhappy But mine is due to a fairly cold winter rather than drought. My Photina is ancient (at least 50 years old) and I have thought it has died a couple of times since living here but it struggles on! I think the breeders may...

Interesting reviews on both the Wilkos lawn feeds Luiza I have enough feed for this year but will try it next season ! Another tip you will read in the lawns section is do not mow it to short. My next door neighbour try to mow it like bowling green short , and has all sort of problems . I cut...

thank you Harry, much appreciated

That's a possibility, we'll see what a new garden brings with it.

The seed parcel has done its round and arrived back with me, there is interest in another round, the parcel is huge and varied, as the seed sowing season is well upon us, it must be quick turn arounds to get it on to the next in the list. If you would like to have the parcel and can do a quick...

Blueberries prefer an acid soil but don't despair if you don't have acid soil, you can grow them in containers with ericaceous compost North facing is a little bit more of a challenge, but there are some wonderful plants which will still flourish there. As @westwales suggests, consider...

It doesn't look to good, try snipping the branches back a little at a time to see if there is any green inside.

Thank you Sam.

Paul, as you can see mine was just a first year plant from early seed. The other one in the greenhouse is a couple of years old from seed and is my "banker" plant. How much soil was around the tubers? I'm pretty sure that @nibor will have his own thoughts on storing them although I suspect that...

I would keep it as a water butt personally. Plastic composters (aka darleks) are cheap as chips to buy on eBay.