General Gardening Discussion

Possibly Evening Primrose.

In my hanging baskets I put in some plugs go Ivy,haven't a clue what type but it grows well and is just individual strands and looks more delicate than the types growing around my walls can I clone this easily ?many thanks.

I tend not to root in water these days as I've found that when moving them to soil/compost the roots have to adapt from pure-water to soil, and I lose some at that point (only due to lack of time to keep a close eye on them).

The Convolvulus tricolor are actually small bushy plants and not climbers. I grew them a few years ago but they didn't do I well. Very weak growers for me and seemed to attract every slug in the UK.The seeds on the right are of Ipomoea purpurea ( Previously Convolvulus Major). They are very...

No, because they also 'heat treat' the seeds there.

I like it

I' ve never seen this myself. I'd be inclined to peg down the flower head and give it a light covering of soil. Water, stand back and wait.

I'm with you spruce , its time to sit back and enjoy all your work. I think my gardening work really reduces in July . Just a bit of deadheading now Then again just trimmed all the shrubs and reduced a big one by 3 feet but that just once a year. So its garden swing and beer time now !

Those photos are identical ... I reckon you Photoshopped your instant-family in? Good Job Done

As good a time as any!

I use old buff envelopes - get plenty of those in the post! I use the big A4 ones for seed heads that I cut with long-ish stems so I can stuff the whole thing in the envelop (whilst the remainder of the stem dries off)

If you keep a strip clear around the bottom of the hedge (a couple of feet wide at least), mulch it well, and irrigate when dry (I recommend a leaky hose so you can give the plants a good soaking each time you irrigate them) then it will put on maximum growth. 3 years should see a decent...

Anybody in the Yorkshire area know any decent nurserys and garden centers in the leeds area Thanks

I've been thinking about that. Its an engineering challenge that I'm still struggling over. Any subterranean affair will need to be very strong with no danger of collapse or flooding. The obvious solution to to build above ground, then turf over it, that way there's no danger of flooding,...

I never seen a dog eating aconitus napellus. Andorra is a plenty of animals and acónitum, and never was a problem. Only a human can be enough ... to start eating poisonous plants.

Tell Mrs C that she has the "eye" and knows how to wield a camera!!

You're welcome Val.

I'm jealous Liliana, we don't get any of those brilliant offers here!

Shame we couldn't get word to him about GC - he would be sure of a welcome here

Perusing the forums for this type info. I have an over abundance of oregano and Basil and needed to start researching how to save for later months. Is freezing preferable to drying them? (Not sure how to do that either tho!)Sent from my Kindle Fire using Tapatalk 2