General Gardening Discussion

Definitely keep them warm, but you might find that they get a bit leggy due to the lack of light during winter. Its more normal to take Dahlia cuttings in spring when the conditions are a bit more conducive to good growth. If you manage to keep yours growing then you could take the tips out in...

Yes great programme and much of it filmed from a drone. As a drone owner myself, I took some aerial photos of our garden during various stages of the season and the photos are spectacular. Was thinking of going one stage further and getting a license so that I can earn some pennies from that...

noticed a few of mine are coming up too

Boy, - and I thought we were tight-a***s !!a-a

Ceanothus are lovely, bee-friendly, upright evergreens...cultivars like 'Concha', 'Italian Skies' or 'Puget Blue'.

Well aren't they a lovely sight to behold! Do they grow from seed?

I have used the small flame gun for burning weeds off on the drive and patio . Great fun to use but not much use in my opinion . The weeds grow back very quickly as the roots have not been effected. Alex post above is the way I would tackle this . Very nice gesture by the way

I found this as well, I thought mine wasn't growing but it was busy making its roots.

If you wanted to keep the silver theme 'Santolina' if kept in check makes a nice hedge

I find if I stare at them long enough and let my eyes go out of focus I can connect straight to the website

Ok thanks guys. I shall mow it when it's fairly dry then. Although that could be next year at the rate that the rain is falling.Mossiac

Ouf! What a relief on all counts! Sorry to be over-sensitive, but out here the antics of La Chasse are a constant worry..... What beautiful pusses

Blimey ! Couldn't resist a thread title like that

Thank you, I'll rummage around in it with secateurs if this dreadful rain ever stops. Most of the branches are very "leggy" with all leaves at top, no buds further down so I may have to thin out quite a lot and hope this invigorates it.

Cosmos daisy still going strong - I just chucked the seed in when I took the garlic out - I should make more effort! --

cheers for that lol

A few years ago my Son was doing some hedge cutting for a guy he knew and my Son was stung by a hornet, within minutes he had lost consciousness, very scary!!!

"Red Column" , so red berries not orange , well it has been a while since I have seen any

I gave my Hawkshead a prune recently as it's lost most of it's leaves due to frost and because the gales we get here during the autumn/winter will damage it. I've also supported it with a couple of canes to stop wind rock.

Hi sheal and thanks for the link - henchmans are pretty pricey so I opted for one from laddersandscaffoldtowers.co.uk