General Gardening Discussion

we had a single big yellow wallflower in the garden for years, it did get very woody at the base but it got away with it as it sorta flopped over & grew out sideways (if that makes sense) which covering the woody area's. it was eventually about 2ft high by 3ft wide and always looked nice even in...

They will be a lovely cottagey garden selection and all hardy. Look forward to seeing piccies later on in season, Jenny

Lovely Angelina. I hope your weather has been better for you than it has been here. Its been the coldest Match since about records began. You would think it wouldn't matter when you were inside the house - but it maked the house a lot smaller. Every windowsill, space, floor area is covered...

I tied the Choisya up yesterday after pulling it gently upright. The roots are sound and I trod the soil back down to firm the hold. It's looking good apart from one branch which is touch and go but I can cope with that. However my Yew has a few branches that have taken a knock or two and I'm...

welcome back!

I too have a North-facing border. Full shade all year round. The only thing that has thrived have been the Hellebore's , but after reading the above posts , this year I will experiment

Unheated?

Thanks. #1 daughter knocked them up ... caught the bus to B&Q and bought some mouldings and had a fiddle with the jig-saw - clever girl

Thanks Jenny and Harry. I must get myself a greenhouse and a shed then at least I won't be transplanting seedlings outside. I should have stayed indoors and made a mess in the kitchen!

That's probably a term one shouldn't google for!

Finally finished off the raised beds. Put the path down yesterday afternoon. Just need a big cleanup now.Rusty

Brrr-illiant! Thanks for that... Will get going. Just got up to another freezing, frost-covered morning...

I wouldn't use any 'muck' or feed of any nature on strawberries until flowering gets underway. Too much goodness in the soil when strawbs are only just ready to take off will result in an awful lot of lush green leaves. I believe feeding once the fruits start to swell gets the best results. Just...

Being in north west England, I usually pop mine directly into prepared ground at the end of May. Always get a good show and the fragrance, once cut and taken home for my wife, fills our living room with wonderful aromas. No air fresheners needed here in the summer months

Today's sunshine is sent as a teaser of things yet to come! It is sent as a sense of optimism and humour, (as it is every Easter - it's just been sooooooo long, we have forgotten that; but, this Easter is a mid one - not late, not early but inbetweeney. Coupled with the moo poo waterlogging...

Oh you made it in here then! Jolly good.

The spatula end, which I use for a bit of feed to water down when plants need a bit of TLC.

I reckon I spy tulips in a couple of those planters, so they will come back every year - no reason why you couldn't transplant them out somewhere, but I would wait until after they had died back so that you are only moving the bulbs. The last picture (just called photo.jpg) I am pretty sure...

Just an update for anybody interested: I bought three trees 8/10 bare root from Ashridge trees. Amelanchier 'Robin Hill, Sorbus hupehensis and a Sorbus wilmorinii. All three arrived well packed and in good condition. They are all over 3 metres tall and have provided immediate impact which is...