General Gardening Discussion

Mine overwintered quite happily in a frost free greenhouse, and is now growing well again. It was quite tall in its first year, so I can well understand Pete's comment that they can get straggly.

I agree, I wouldn't like to see the fence in a few years with all that soil built up against it. I was thinking of doing a rockery, and I'd then fill it with Campanulas (I know I bang on about them all the time) and just let it do its own thing and I think it'd look nice!

Keep up, Pete, it's nematodes to kill vine weevil. VINE WEEVIL, me old dear! He's switched off his hearing aid agin!

I'd not move any of them now, mostly annuals or short lived perennials. I dont think they would like being moved now.

What kind of temps in the winter? Ideal spot for Cymbidium and Dendrobium orchids. Anyway, as Kristen said the sky is the limit! How about; Hardenbergia violacea. Never grown it myself, but saw one in the spring and I would have bought it if I still had a conservatory. Aeschynanthus...

I think you will find, Doug, that the Administrators have already been in communication with the British Legion conveying our support and the proposed efforts of members to encourage Local Authorities and other organisations to recognise the Centenary in ways that will be advantageous to the...

It's amazing how many houses along my street have adopted this idea .... Certainly seems to work

So are Harlequin Ladybirds! you don't want any of them in your garden!

Not that I want to be a grumpy old geet, but if they televised the old Percy Thrower and Geoffrey Smith stuff I'd watch it - proper gardeners. Can't stand all this outlandish de$igner garden crapola, peddling daft ideas they put on tele so avoid it like the old bubonic. Othewise, weather is...

... and an astonished Mother-in-Law

Actually I haven't added any holes in it. There were some holes in the bottom already for the legs to slot through and some massive holes at the side, which I presume were meant to increase air flow for the barbeque. I thought that would be more than enough.

Namaste Jenny! Thanks very much for your reply and too all the others. I have not dead-headed them at all this season (or anytime before now) so I am not sure what to do now. I think I should try and "neaten" it up (remove thin woody stems, deadhead as link above). I am only now starting to...

This has to do with When to garden (plant etc) according to the Moon and the plants to have the best results.

I had a large area of gravel to manage at mum in law's and found Pathclear was working out expensive so turned to Pistol as although the initial outlay was greater, the coverage per £ was significantly greater. Pistol is 40/250 difluenican/glyphosate.

It's in a small pot at the moment, so can be planted outside. Lemon tree still looks rubbish!

Frequently! I sowed some seed for several Lachenalia species (a winter growing S.African bulb) in anticipation of another crap summer - it's been a battle keeping them going these last few weeks! Lablab is growing like crazy and really needs repotting

I've always loved this, bought some seeds two weeks ago from Thomson and Morgan and I sowed them on Sunday. One has already germinated! Theyre on my windowsill in a propogator. The seeds were like red dust!Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 2

My problem is knowing when to stop ... a dozen Begonia Rex arrived in the post today ...

AHA!!! Thank you, woo: you are a star (and I'm a dunder head ). That is great to learn because I have bats here On second thoughts ... I think I read recently that moth numbers are in decline? Then again, so are pipistrelle bats? I think I will let the moths/bats fight it out...

It cant hurt, but I do remember reading its best done a year in advance, gives the tree time to grow more fibrous roots. Never tried it myself so only passing on what I have read.