General Gardening Discussion

Re layering your gaps in the hedge,this is not too hard to do if you go easy ,take a longish branch and slowly lower it to the level across the gap you want to fill,gentle cut through where you want it to lay about half way and fasten it to the ground.It should through up some new shoots from of...

there is a conifer I saw in one of my garden mags with feathery white touches on it. And I think that mag also featured lots of other interesting types. If I get serious about this project will have to investigate further . But for now this is low on my project list.

Thanks @LindsayH , that's a really nice thing to say

@Benzombie - I see that you're in North Oxon. Head south down to the Good Value Plant Nursery. The name says it all, and not a million miles from you. If you can't find what you want there, then try t'interweb. They have a good shade plant section, and there are a good few ferns hid around the...

I have blisters on my hands from since I was 16 from plastering, they just turn to scars after awhile and don't really blister anymore.

I would, as Robin (of Robins Salvias) looks in there from time to time!

That looks a good, healthy, green meadow Wiseowl. I hope it performs well for you next year.

Indeed. But I suppose for newbies they just think "Pity that didn't grow, I must have done something wrong" ...Personally I think it would be better if the Garden Centre put up a sign "Requires acid soil, please ask if you don't know what type you have" ... it would restrict sales - and...

Reorient the bricks - vertical as opposed to horizontal - so they go deeper.

I have always been lucky, they seem to put up with the most adverse of conditions and come through with that cheeky grin, they just need a drop of water when it's not freezing.

Not only does he steal them then, he can't even recycle them properly.Needs a revenge hit here.Good call though

Are you able to sit the exams in Bulgaria?

We don't have councils here but Parish Commissioners, having said that it's the government that supplies the plants and work force to look after the planting around the island.

How did I miss this post!T.latifolia looks a good'un, and Momoyama is fantastic!

yes you are right, but sometimes not avoidable as we go away every twelve weeks! Choisya is picking up I think as can see tiny shoots appearing, plus weather changed here and quite damp overnight. Keeping fingers crossed it comes back!

If you want to thin the seeds out before planting, mix up some wallpaper paste, put them in there and squeeze them out of a jelly bag into the row.Probably still need to thin, but it'll give the neighbours something to giggle about as they watch you "Icing" your seed bed

That may be "cold wet feet" rather than specifically "cold" do you think?

I have only seen these in the tops of pots at the garden centres, does anyone know where you can get them? The chips are small, not more than 1" in length.Val

I have it in my garden, I used to wage war against it every summer, pulling it, spraying it and anything else I could think of. Now I live and let live; in my lawns it has no chance due to the frequent mowing, in the borders (which are fully planted) I get the odd one poking up. By and large the...

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