General Gardening Discussion

Thanks for your kind offer Pete, I would love to have said yes - but I already have 200 or 300 seedlings/small plants sitting on my patio and absolutely nowhere to put them. I think I might take up "virtual gardening" on the internet. You can expand as much as you like - and no weeding! Come...

Wow that looks truly amazing. You've done such a brilliant job. Must have been a daunting task at first.

I`ve got the cream

Very interesting - bf and I have kept saying we must check out what tadpoles eat - so now we know!

Cant find anyone who stocks this camelia .Last yr contacted Loder Plants they had it but were out of stock plants to send out and to contact in Feb .After doing this they do not have it in stock.Coudl give me Crimson King but want yuletide or nothing.Does anyone know where I can find...

I can't find any UK sources, Scotkat - but here's a link with pics, and gives its full name, Camellia Sasanqua 'Yuletide'http://www.weekendgardener.net/landscape-plants/camellia-sasanqua-yuletide.htm

I was just looking at Camellias myself!!!www.camellia-grove.com have got the one your after

I think it`s more likely a Cordyline. Yucca leaves are fairly rigid and do not hang down. What you are describing is the typical habit of Cordylines.:gnthb:

You are quite right Pete. even in Yorkshire, at least by the coast, we only had literally 2 x 1 night frosts (and not heavy) last year. I had some cobra lilies and some golden ball myrtle out stratifying all last winter. Come May nothing had happened so I had to fridge them for a month. They...

Here you go Butterflies try this link,

Neither do I Shiney .... I am just passing on the message But ... I have seen the film and it is really very very good. And my garden passes muster very well and looks good throughout. Lovely to see, and just proud that my garden has now been seen on all continents of the world in film...

i would go along with Yucca, there are a lot of variegated Cordylines but as far as I know not with pink in the leaf yet, (plant breeders may change that).

Right, Try again, seeing as my first post went walkies lolHi,I been cutting back some borders and discovered a plant which i think is a Yucca growing along the ground, presumably looking for light. What I would like to know is how do i take a cutting from a Yucca so that i can pot it and...

Charlie, They grow big, I had a little one given to me years ago I put it in the ground and after a couple of years it was like a small tree, The flower is a spectacle to behold altho short lived. Funny thing tho its spikes are wicked A robin built its nest right in the centre , No predator...

I'd be inclined to leave some stem for it to resprout from, it depends on what you want the cut down version to look like. As for the cuttings. its best to strip some leaves from the lower end of the stem and I would allow the cut end to dry for a few days before inserting it in a pot of sandy...

ok thanks for the advice. ill have a go at transplanting it

Its the kind of plant that can become a bit of a mess if gets so tall it starts to fall over.I'm guessing its gloriosa as most of the hardy ones dont get particularly tall.Its up to you really you could support the branches but it might not look that good.I would be inclined to cut them...

I dont know about puncturing it with a screwdriver but one of my cats used a yucca planted in our garden as a scratching post for several years until he eventually went through one of the branches. The branch stump now has about 10 babies growing out of it. I'd originally put the plant outside...

Thanks Pete. Goodness only knows why it's taken years to decide to grow branches now!!

As pete says the usual house plant yucca is Y elephantipies and generally this is not that hardy. But in London, if planted in a sheltered spot then it may well be ok. But with the snow and cold of recent winters it may well be a gonner.