General Gardening Discussion

Alchymist is vigorous and thorny. Compassion is a repeat flowerer, rather stiff, upright growth.

Thanks NIgel i appreciate that. have a good day.

You could also consider Griselinia littoralis , a bright green leafed evergreen hedging plant.

Thanks Noisette, Janet and Victoria I think it is insect damage, so I'll spray with soapy water from early spring. Never heard of the milky water method, may give that a go as well. Luckily we don't use these for cooking.

Ducksback usually works well for me. Avoid Wickes own brand, it's terrible

Gardensuperstore has a good selection of big pots at reasonable prices. They have both utilitarian and decorative ones. I have a couple of decorative ones and the quality is quite impressive- very thick and sturdy.My outdoors 50cm pots are from Asda, about a fiver each 15 years ago. They are...

I've started my chilli seeds now.

I would plant them, you've got nothing to lose and they will probably do all right, unless they have rotted.

@CanadianLori thanks. I'm counting down ha! Thank you @Victoria it's lovely to hear from you too.

It does look rather a dark corner. A lower-risk strategy would be a forsythia or a kerria japonica, both of which would also give you that late winter/ early spring blast of yellow. Both readily available, cheap and strong growers. Myself I'd plant them in the ground and hack them back hard...

From last year in December

Hi All. I normally have my cannas in pots but in 2020 I planted a few in back border. I decided to do an experiment. I decided rather than dig them up I covered them once cut down with 2 layers of fleece and a plastic bucket on top.I was a bit surprised that they survived the frost and grew...

Thats going to need a lot of thought to make it look attractive, as said , think you want to concentrate on some form of steps /entrance over that retaining wall. One way might be to cut an opening in that wall with a series of steps like in the pic below.For the area above the wall, can only...

New tulips I put into pots for a good display, when that's over I plant the bulbs somewhere in the garden to die back and leave them to it. Some good years, some not

I have never bothered to use any sand or grit in the beds and leave the plants to fend for themselves - which they do very easily. Admittedly, over the years the placing of garden compost/leaf mould has certainly improved the quality of the soil.We have heavy clay solid and the only hard work...

Used all the above (and others) for various purposes. CORNISH GRIT not the same. Think it rougher mix of a bone clay by product, containing mix of GRIT sizes AND a scattering of very fine clay particles which enrich composts with additional usable minerals.