General Gardening Discussion

I've used something similar, I drilled a few holes in the stump so the chemical could really soak in. It stopped new shoots appearing but it still takes a few years for the root to rot away.

A Google search brings up nothing either other than the same discussion on hardy tropicals uk One reply on there however does mention someone 'listing' it but not since 2010??

Looks a bit like privet. At least, it does when I'm lying on my side!

Seemed to be a decent range for many things (Beetroot and Onions, for example), very limited for others (such as Sweetcorn)I buy as much of my vegetable seed as I can in the 50p-a-packet sales in the Autumn ... cheapest source I have found Other than that saving your own seed, from...

At the time of the Chelsea Flower Show (used as an aide memoire) chop down some clumps of herbaceous so that they have to grow up again - and thus those ones flower later.

Hi Headcreeps - and a warm welcome to the forum. In Britain we call Thunbergia alata Black Eyed Susan, which is technically a perennial, but will die overwinter if the temperature goes under 7C (46F). So as Sheal says we treat them as annuals. But I believe, as Sheal also said, that in the US...

Probably why they were sent so wet. I don't think they flower in an aquarium.Val

Nice and simple, I like it

@xNattyx ...I've a spare Naga Jolokia plant if it's any good to you

Just a note of caution: ensure none of you are allergic to bee/wasp stings because some of the above suggestions will bring in the bees and a squidged bee might sting anyone who falls on top of it

heres how to overwinter protea cynaroides. the bottles keep the water out of the flower buds stopping them from rotting

Hi everyoneI posted on the ' new garden project' section but not sure if many people look at that bit. I have a completely new garden with nothing in the borders. If possible I would like a garden that has interest in all 4 season's. If that is possible. I have posted all the pics in the...

Dont think it would bother me one way or the other, best not to try eating them though, as it might cause a stomach upset. Used railway sleepers have been around for many years, even after being removed from the railways, and they have not been banned, as yet, by the European busybodies. I'm not...

BBC 1 Scotland HD is channel 101 and BBC2 HD is 142 Kristen.The picture quality is better directly through your TV though, assuming you have a digital aerial of course.

Herbs are really weird things when it comes to overwintering, it turns out. I got all mine last year, they are all fine, the one that has done the best during winter is lavender. Looks nice and huge with lots of this season grow on it . Rosemary, despite me trimming it down to practically...

Ah no way! Never mind, will make it a little teepee to climb up. Thank you

Thank you, that sounds good for the future

Depends what you are planting, of course, but don't be fooled by mild weather early in the season, frosty nights can still come - in fact, often more likely this time of the year as a glorious sunny day means clear skies at night which can then be frosty.Out-during-the-day, to enjoy the sun,...

I think they have been lifted for some time and will have been hanging about and will be in dire condition ...No bare-root nursery will lift plants now, so if they were lifting-to-order (as should be the case for bare root) then the nursery would be saying "Sorry, too late for this...

Can't remember offhand how much the FicanW was, @joolz68, but it's not cheap except in the sense that a little goes a very long way and it is extremely effective. Then again, DE costs the earth to obtain here in France and I didn't feel it was worth it. Didn't like the thought of me, the chooks...