General Gardening Discussion

You have not said how deep your raised beds are, but if a typical 9 - 12" then they sould be fine with or without any gravel / stones on the bottom, avoid rubble if it has any limey cement or concrete.You will now have to treat your beds as large pots /tubs so keeping an eye on the watering...

Think its doing you a favour being so overgrown rather than having cars below.Looking at your new pics can see things better, though our ideas probably different to yours.The car park wall looks like it may be concrete posts with concrete panels slotted between them ? so you may find in the...

Hi all thanks I got a climber but as Nigel suggested Hawthorne great idea thanks

For the end of the year I dont have much, just the Mahonia "charity".The pineapple didn't make it in time for Christmas, but its still coming along.

It was too sludgy to check for the bulbs. It was just the neat way the leaves had been nipped off...

Not sure to be honest, but I think if you get most of it out and dont leave any stem I dont think it will sucker from any root that is left behind.

Many thanks for the advice. Will act on what is suggested!!

It looks to me as if it's one of the Haworthias - cooperii (?) or maybe cymbiformis (?) but it is very etiolated. The leaves should form a tight rosette. You need to give it a bright location but not in direct sunlight. In it's present condition it might not be suitable for propagation.

Hi clematis can take a while one of mine took at 2/3 years then all of sudden it grew fast i planted another year and half ago its still small but its green it will shoot up.like the other soon but really clematis is better grown in the ground than a container

Your adding nutrients through your own made compost and manure, so no real need to add much fertiliser if any at all. When your planting a new hedge or plants in the garden it is advised to well water them in and give them a feed and many gardeners continue to feed their plants. When doing this...

This thread was supposed to be about the amazing powers of plants to overcome conditions where we wouldn't expect them to grow - not about the planters!In general here in Huntingdon the councils, (Town & District), are both very good at looking after their plantings. A few have become somewhat...

Thank you so much all of you for your insight and your time to respond to me. Hopefully going into next spring it will be okay

Thanks. I'd not thought of Camelias, that's a good idea.My main requirements are:Large and bushy - will grow to at least 4 feet tall, 6 feet max (but can be trimmed of course) Plenty of flowers, the longer and more often they flower the better Would be nice for evergreen plants but not...

I haven't cut mine back but no goldfinches or any bird on them, perhaps the goldfinches prefer the sunflower hearts in the feeders, but they do make a mess of them.

I recommend Farmyard plants @TheMadHedger - they grow a massive range of interesting plants.

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