General Gardening Discussion

I’m in Glos. We don’t normally get lower than -5 here. But with weather changes never say never !

Oooooo you're a hard man! Mine's been in for about 4 years and it's still less than a metre tall

Yeah the mother plant looked like a regular Swiss cheese plant but half of each leaf is white

M. Cabaret is a compact variety, growing up to 1.5m, a bit like M. Soft Caress. The yellow varieties I mentioned are larger, H 2.5-4m, S 2.5-4m. I recently considered most commonly available varieties and opted for Winter Sun, for the size, colour and timing of flowering which is welcome at the...

I’ll avoid the spray so it’ll just be the paving smelling of vinegar I hope . (I also hope next door’s cats don’t think fish and chips are on offer.)

Maybe you just later and missed the flowering, you can see where the flowers were.

The grass will be growing more slowly in cold weather, and it might stop growing if it turns cold again, so it might take longer for the glyphosate to do its job than it would in warmer weather. If it doesn't seem to be working, I would give it a month or six weeks at least before even thinking...

I've always found G de M a well behaved plant. I've used the hard green wire netting to grow it up in my current garden to camouflage my oil tank. I have plenty of common Ivy too and agree with @Thevictorian that the flowers are very attractive to bees and other insect life. Not always...

Hello allWell, after much deliberation, I have decided not to have the Patio, Paving and Setts Sealed, there are just too many variables and possible issues.I will just endeavour to Pressure Wash the Patio, Paving and Setts a Couple of Times a Year, hopefully that will keep it all looking...

Biblical gardens are more popular on the continent, some churches have their attempts on the grounds.Maybe pick a small number of useful plants. We get a small number of figs in hampshire. Grapes are fun to do but need netting from birds, we eat the leaves more than the fruit because a local...

Romex – romex"Rompox easy" appears to me to be a PU based product which sets vis dampness, the "Rompox D1" appears to be the water emulsifiable one.As it comes in a vacuum bag I would expose it to as little air and moisture as possible.

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Hello @ShealAs they say, leave a New Garden for a Year to see what is present, always a Good Idea The biggest issue I have with the Birds currently is that when the Sparrowhawk is Perched in the Garden the Birds do not visit, for obvious reasons Kevin

Thanks maybe I'll save my money and try the lemonade!

Great thanks so much to both of you. The bulbs are relatively fresh, so I'll go ahead and plant them (anemone and narcissus) in the coming days, weather permitting. Got to clear some weeds first at the back too! The ground today was not frozen at all and not waterlogged (I weeded the beds in the...

Blast it! You have all now convinced me to try Musa basjoo!

If its due to be really cold then a non heated garage will be fine until you can plant them but they should be fine outside.

That sounds like a good combination