General Gardening Discussion

Still Googling.....the problem is there's that much too choose from!

now thats not nice Armandii , I thought it was my porridge

I had not opened the seeds until now. I have deduced that they are tomato seeds. On the reverse of the packet it says 'Wollyanna'. Doing a bit more research I have that 'Wollyanna' is a code name for someone on another website.So, I now know that they are tomatoes 'Kirschklompen', still no...

As the others have said, it's a bit of a challenge to get the garden ready for June. I'll try and think of things that will work for June.Aquilegia - as John said - you will need to buy plants as they're biennials and, if it's late June, they may already have finished flowering (depending on...

Can you post an image of the leaves? Only this does not sound like the Aconites I know. I presume you are talking a bout Eranthis hyemalis?

No, worms

Welcome to GC Andrew. We had a snowstorm here on the island last Easter and my garden was buried in some places by 4ft of snow. The plants were under the snow for over a month but they survived. Yes, they were delayed by the weather but they soon burst back into life.

Sorry, didn't mean that to sound flippant or condescending, came out a bit wrong. I'm just a coward when it comes to using weedkillers near my plants and am lucky to have plenty of time to tackle weeding by hand.

well I have learned something new today!

I never do much until March anyway, its usually too cold, this year its too wet. Things are growing though, I've noticed Laburnum seeds germinating in my lawn, which is still growing and I saw a grass bank in full flower today with daisies.I need to have a bonfire but its either too wet or...

Both of these are pretty indestructible so I expect they will be fine.

mini ones are usually always early. when you select bulbs pay attention to the bloom time. that way you can get a long season of always having some type of daffs blooming all the way into end of May.

Well, it is possible,RG, that your Passion Flower has kicked the bucket but there is a chance that it might still be alive. Normal pruning takes place in early Spring and the method is to cut back to the lowest two buds. In the case of your plant it sounds like there are no buds so I would...

Another bargain today, really good sized skimmias for £5 each. Just what I've been after for filling some winter gaps

I think you're right! I did a thorough search after reading your post and there seems to be several different exotic plants that will do just fine in our temperatures. Thanks!

I'm hoping to start my canna seed asap but anything else will be March to April

Thanks again for your advice.I have been waiting for the mushrooms to grow back so that I can try and properly identify them, but they are growing so slow at the moment that I might be waiting a while!Armandii - the photos of the Velvet Shank certainly do look very much like the ones I have,...

All gardens on heavy soil should have drains IMO. If we got cold weather, now, with really wet ground then lots of plants would suffer - cold & wet feed is bad news. Those areas of my garden where I have good land drains perform so much better than the ones that don't.

Two of the cordons have arrived and they look like BEAUTIFUL specimens, already 7 foot tall and very healthy.One final question (hopefully!), if anyone can help, I'm going to have one at the back and three coming down the side wall, What should I have at the rear and along the side and should...