General Gardening Discussion

Hope you cleaned em out properly or you could die of death

be interesting to see if it grows back

We popped over to our lottie last evening and while we were there i remembered to check on my mistletoe berries that i have smeared on to our apples and plum trees and have now found at least three berries that have started to put down the little green legs {Hypocotyl}that will hopefully start...

Can anyone help with my problem about grasses. I have a lot of wild grasses growing all around my garden in particular right along all lines of fencing. It is long grass with tough stems and the tops are kind of like a ryegrass. They grow wherever fencing meets a border. My question is how do...

Try PVC mesh instead. It's plastic but quite sturdy You can get different heights with smaller or larger holes. You can attach them using netting staples.

Well the order came yesterday Don't know whether to sink the pot into the ground or take it out of the pot and plant it in the ground. The others Musa red tiger Cautleya spicata robusta Hedychuim spicatum

Then they have a chat, think about organising a committee, plan when to plan their planning meeting to plan how to plan the response. Generally drag their heels until someone else comes along and sorts it all out for them, then pat themselves on the back and say how brilliant they've been.

Even better than string - Sheep Eating Plant

A trip to your recycling centre might also be useful. They generally sell your garden waste back to you in the form of 'compost'. This is soil conditioner and not potting compost and is just what you need for your borders. It will smother any remaining weeds if you throw a 3 or 4 inch layer on...

It looks like one commonly sold as "Lollipop".

You can tell that you've put a lot of effort, work, ideas and thought into it, Dan.....you're the man, Dan!!!

Post pics of them? They are so pretty.

Ah now I can see the leaves I can see it is, beautiful dark purple!!! Val

Thank so much for your really nice replies. I have to admit the colours were a bit accidental but they seemed to work out ok. I think i just looked at Pete's garden and tried to copy it (badly). Trying to upload more photos but the files are too big. Anyone know how i can make the files smaller...

Definitely Kniphofia, Red Hot Poker .. have them here ...

No, I was just making a point really, sorry if I was missleading. As spruce says they need to be cool, even cold in winter and they come to no harm. Greenfly on the newly emerging shoots are one example that can deform them, so that they never form properly.

I really don't know what to do! One half says yay, it's funky, other half of me says its not. I'm on the fence at the mo, besides, I'm skint so for now, it's no even if I wanted to!

Cor, got any Fairy Liquid?

Toxins and fungi .... Yes you will probably grow a few mushrooms .......but it's the most natural product you can use. And looks good too

Kristen - I didn't realise that - thank you. It explains where the first leaf will come from - I was expecting to see a single cotylodon leaf, and presumably the spur is the first leaf. Its funny how most monocots are small and you don't pay them much attention. For some reason I thought that...