General Gardening Discussion

HI I have grown these weirdos for a while and they are great fun! Firstly - is it sprouting at all? Do you know if it has flowered? Where abouts are you? because I live in the south and they are happy to stay in my garden soil all year. If you prefer to grow it in a pot you will need to find...

If your on acid soil something a bit different, arctostaphylos. Cant beat heathers I reckon.

Maybe held up with th emay holdiday and Pam did you say you had posted fuchsia lst Tue not arrived.

There is only one wilkos that I know of that actually waters their plants. Its a place called Eccles in Manchester. I saw a guy watering the plants and I said to him, I had never Known it before in their stores. His reply was no they dont ,but I love gardening,and I hate to see plants die, so I...

The Black bamboo has kept its place with me very well I have also found Nitida to be very well behaved, and probably the safest of them all

I would agree with the three weeks behind last year but!! to be quite honest I would like to think of it as; this season is back to normal. Or least 'normal' as I think of the garden year with April showers and hopefully we will get a flaming June, which you may recall last year was reversed....

Thanks Gaz,I was seriously thinking of getting rid but after your comment i am going to keep them.

Get mine from gardening club lovely compost £3.20 80 litres

I like ferns because they grow from one base but the bracken invades the garden and the fields and is hellish to get rid of once it's growing. We have 5 acres of land and in some areas the bracken (and brambles) have lost us up to 10 foot of grazing all along the length of the field.

Hi thanks for replying, they are just wee black flies. I have never thought avout trying the guttering. Will get the hubby up on ladders to check. I just do not know what to do, apart from offer all visitors a drink to wash down there fly.Gabby

I won't quote you Makka. Just - YUK!

I use 6 parts general purpose 1part co**** sand and 1 part vermiculite.

Hi folks. For my part, I`d say there`s nothing better than `home` grown spuds. Go for it, GMV

It looks like Mildew, to me. We suffer from this but only later in the season when they've almost finished. The spores remain overwinter so I make sure I clear all the old leaves away and sterilize the troughs and trellis with Jeyes fluid at the end of the season. I think you're supposed to...

Yes yd.Infact the banana's grew better i belive cos of the waterlol.But yes it was pritty scary i can tell ya.Under all that water was a tiny trex plant that survived under water for 3 days.

Hi Can I feed Azalea, Acer, Magnolia and Camelia etc with horse manure Many Thanks Ray

one option is to upload your picture on a Webiste like Photobucket or Imageshack, then you will get an IMG link which you can past on the message and VOILA' if you need more detailed explanation let me know :thumb:

Back to report that the cleome are doing well, and so are the cannas - plenty of new growth coming through. They're both still in the greenhouse, although I'm putting the cannas outside during the day now that it's warmer.

Hi Roz you are doing a fab job with your plot. Seeing how you have a small child how about doing your daughter a sand pit? It would give your little girl a safe and soft area to play in of which I'm sure she will have many hours of fun in. You can knock one together quite cheaply out of wood...

Well got this bargain