General Gardening Discussion

great. the anemone looks especially nice!

Ok. Thanks for that, the fuchias have got thick woody stems so I will do as advised as with the lavender too. Thanks again. Chris.

I agree, just heel them in somewhere for now.

OK lily of the valley.. I have tried these in my garden,so many times,but have never seen them the following year,why do they disappear. even potted up one year and planted them in early spring,and still they vanished.

"So much of ignorance is just the failure to think about it".I like that line Peter, unfortunately its something I tend to do a lot more of these day,.....fail to think about it.

Just filled it in too. Seems well worthwhile - anything that avoids me having to carry great big sacks of compost around sounds good to me! :D

Evening all againFound this website and its only just down the road!! Can't decide between these http://www.greenhousesgalore.co.uk/cat.asp?ID=261 http://www.greenhousesgalore.co.uk/cat.asp?ID=261Which do you all think?

I,ve had the same problem several times while building my new garden. Leave a pile for just a short time and you are weeding it forever. Solved my problem with half dozen cheap plastic dustbins. They have been used over and over again for topsoil, compost, grit etc... You do need a trolley to...

I would love to have a greenhouse Pete - but its a matter of space. I have a summerhouse, which is has an entire glass front, which is a sort of semi-greenhouse, but its not the same. I think I'll have to have one in my dining room alongside my light box. :D

Welcome Paul, Sorry to hear about your greenhouse :(

Congratulations Nicola and well deserved.

Romford Market ?

Looks gorgeous but I can't help. The only jasmine I can send is winter flowering, but I can't even send that till April when it's finished.

Yup, from seed BM, I dont regard it as a good grower over here. I'm not that well up on them, but I think they can become treelike in the tropics. Mine grow fast but only for a short period each year so overall growth is slow, the lower leaves also drop, which can make them a bit leggy.

thanks lol they are really nice may be its because they are in there first year and we hit minus 6 , think they will start growing again come march . i hope so i wanted to train them into trees like yours

I had a plumbago wilmotii which I pruned every march down to about 2 buds from the ground, it probably depends on the type of plumbago you have though.

What i really meant was that you take a photo from just outside the back window of your Mum's house looking towards the houses that you want privacy from, or take a photo looking out from the kitchen window looking that way. Its a matter of estimating angles and the maximum height of the...

I agree slugs generally go for much softer leaved things than your euonymus. It would be the caterpillars. If it happens again I would simply go on a caterpillar hunt. With three bushes you might find it easier to do a search and remove them physically than go and get out the sprayer, mix it...