General Gardening Discussion

Traditional thought would be a clematis or three to really cover it. Make sure they're of different types for yeat round interest.Or runner beans lol

"(they were planted by my wife) "Ah ha the reason for asking for help on GC!!!!!? Nothing like being in the dog house when plants have been "damaged". Seriously the bulbs will not have appreciated the check in their growth and will probably sulk until it's their natural time to die back. The...

Hello and welcome to GC. When the magnolia's finished flowering, take the plunge and cut the side branches hard back, perhaps to within 12" of the trunk. Then give it a treat of Blood, Fish and Bone fertiliser and preferably a generous mulch of organic matter 3" deep for a diameter of 3' but...

Do they do grit in smaller bags? Maybe get a dozen of those, as well as the sand. Mix the sand and gravel in a barrow before putting it in the garden.Rusty.

Hi AdamWelcome to the forumI would leave alone and let them establish a little as they only look like very small young bushes , what I tend to do is choose a height for the 1st year say 15 inches/ 38.1 cm high and mark it on the fence or a bamboo cane and any plant that gets to that...

Gypsum is a separate mineral from lime & is PH neutral, no problems there Dolomite is indeed a type of limestone, magnesium carbonate as opposed to calcium carbonate, not looked it up but would imagine its the same alkalinity as the other.I remember collecting some crystals of it from the...

With the exception of really really nasty plants (which foxglove is for its toxicity), I wouldn't be put off. As you already know (as you are a parent), you have to have eyes in the back of your head, cat like hearing, extra-sensory perception and cat like reactions anyway when looking after...

Thanks JWK, I'll plant them a bit deeper then. By indoors I meant in an unheated garden room so much the same conditions as a greenhouse. All other seedlings seem to be stout and hardy even other cabbage varieties, just this one, Tundra is leggy. Anyway, I'll take your planting out advice. GG

We garden on heavy yellow clay but have worked at it for years and now have a good garden.For the veggie area I double dug the clay and put loads of straw in it (an old gardener, born in 1880, told me to do it). We had easy access to the straw as we backed onto a field and I used to collect...

in the second picture ill start at the back2x pears (I think there grafted to the same root stock )Plum (behind the compost bins ) Brooks I thinkThen Apple (don't know variety )Then newly planted morello cherrythen Williams Pearthey were all in place when we moved in and were heavily...

Noisette - that's a very kind offer - thank you . Frankly, I suspect I could grow it easily from seed as well. However I have ordered three plants - Ipomea, Mandevilla and Clystotoma from Charlie as a way of saying thank you for all his help, on this and previous occasions. They were the only...

Thanks all,I did a lot of relocating and replaced a couple of sorry looking lavenders with other plants (forgot to prune them and they also seemed to be dying down).I guess I'll enjoy the tidyness through out the summer, and worry about the mess and clutter next spring lol.One thing I have...

Yes, in the greenhouse, minutes after I took this pic my little dog stealthily dug one up and was walking around with it sticking out of his mouth!!!! When they are laying flat you can see straight away when they start sprouting, useful if you want to take cuttings or are just impatient like...

Thanks for the advice I didn't want to prepare the soil unless they could be planted soon Sent from my XT1032 using Tapatalk

Hi everyone thanks for your advice I really appreciate it! I think trellises and climbing plants are definitely the way forward. I decided to leave the concrete for now due to the trampoline etc.But lots of potted plants and some raised beds around the edges should hopefully brighten it up....

Hi Noushynoo,I'd nip the tops off the Euonymous and you'll find that they start to bush out in time and pot on when you can see the roots starting to appear from the bottom of the pot

Sunflowers & Nasturtiums Sow seeds of both of these with my kids every spring.

Bill and Ben aren't in the vicinity are they FC?

I dont think my god daughter will agree with you

have u tried Kniphofia? they are on my want list