General Gardening Discussion

My Goldflimmer is just opening, it's the only Rhodo I have.

Our groundsman Alan comes every Thursday and mows it one way one week and the opposite the next. It's part of our service charges. He's a dab hand at shaping all the shrubs and bushes around the site too. He whips round our front postage stamp for £1 a week -not worth owning a mower.

I have one poking above the soil now, after being left in the ground over winter so now it seems is the correct time Mine's in the shade though!

I find it amazing the way it has coped! Hopefully it will be fine right through into adulthood.

I would never tell you off mate and thanks for the advice,at the moment we have a very slight flood again about 2" of water but it will have gone by tomorrow if the sunshines!

Its not quite grass - it has been a flower bed at some point, and as it sits below the kitchen window and to the side of the front door, it is very much part of the 'face' of the house - - if it were mine, I'd have flowering shrubs, honeysuckles and maybe a mallow or three in it; Its only a...

I have nearly 1,000 Box plants taken from cuttings "relieved" from some parent plants near here ... A greenhouse would help if you want a decent quantity ... and with Box Blight then Box may not be the best choice. Cuttings is a slow process. Year 1 take the cutting, Year 2 grow it on. ...

Hahaha ... don't bank on that! The saying here is "Ask two gardeners and get three opinions" Personal preference I think. I have grass around mine, its squelchy in winter ... I try to remember not to go out there in my best Brogues in winter! paving would be better, but can be slippery....

A beautiful garden Sam, I'm jealous!

Wilkos had 2kw fan heaters reduced to £3 last time I looked in there.

Awww, thanks val!

I've got natural rope as a barrier around a terrace, it shrinks a considerable amount when wet so I guess that's the idea of soaking it first. I reckon if there's not enough slack it could easily bend the stakes.

That is exactly what I mean. Still it is all down now, only need to find somewhere to put the iron sheeting until we can organise a Scrap Dealer visit. The wood will be cut up and keep us warm over winter ( and blow the Doxins).

I decided not to go for the green after all Just spent an hour and a half in B&Q trying to find exterior paint in a colour which I liked. I failed. Ended up buying fence stain after all. Doh!

Inca berry, (Physalis) would grow very well in a sunny position, but likely to need support. I'd tend to grow just one or two plants in 8in pots, they would need feeding through the summer. Plants are available in some nurseries now.

Bamboo in a pot does tend to struggle. What sort of soil is it in? Can you not try some in the ground? It will be much happier. If not, take this plant out the pot, and take off as much of the existing soil as you can. Then repot in a loam based soil and top dress with an inch or two of...

I got a few packs of native wildflower mixes from my local garden centre a few years ago for about 10p each at the end of the season, but never used them. I found them a few weeks ago when had a clearout. I could have sent them to you but i threw them out as i didn't think they would have been...

Hi GuysWent with box in the end, purchased some small specimens from b&q.Really come on in the past year, I'm planning to trim them into a rectangular shape level with the paving behind although I think that's a couple of years away yet.

the ones with white stalks showing (seen in the photo) will they be ok? I was worried the white bits were part of its root system

Thanks Mum.....