General Gardening Discussion

We have several of these in our garden. We call them the Irish hanging baskets :D :D Nik

Ground level! Will do, thanks again.

Wisteria will be OK on an east facing wall, my daughter has a huge one on the east face of her house. It is quite open so gets sun about half the time. There are quite a few roses that will thrive on a north facing wall as well, particularly the old fashioned ones. A rose and clematis together...

Mims Re your query as to what varieties of Bourganvilla, Datura, and Hibiscus I could recommend. Afraid you just have to walk around the markets and see something you find striking and bring it away. The Spaniards never bother to label anything ( they probably dont know a name anyhow). I would...

They are on a window sill in a room where there is no heating on but maybe it was too late when i put them there.I'll take your advice and wait to see what happens.

looks good in the snow too! It's been snowing for ages here too - started sometime overnight, and it's still going - got plenty of pics (see comp!!) :D :D :D

Thank you all for the information i am sure i shall be planting some of these plants.

Pavel, for the price you were quoted, are you sure that your garden is not 5 acres! I have designed mainly large formal grounds, up to 20 acres with the odd smaller plot, and, although it is not cheap, I think the price you were quoted was quite high, for the size of garden Agree with fran, you...

Take 1/3 old wood out of the centre each year for three years, this will encourage new growth from the base. Best time would be April/May or when growth is under way.Keep the rest lightly trimmed with garden shears after flowering to maintain shape.Also check any branches that touch the...

Great plant, can also spread 3 metres +. can be kept to half that size, but it lose's it's inpact a bit..

I have to do something in my lunch break and Faversham town centre doesn't offer much.Lovely sunny day all day today.

ANY TIME

with a bit of luck there will still be buds lower down, even if the highest ones are affected by frostI was always advised not to do it until May started - and that was down south - so I suppose that'd be ok for Somerset!! Whatever you do, don't cut off any bits that go black if we do...

The shed is tin as far as I can see.The garden probably looks smaller than it is - we counted the left hand side as 15 fence panels (6 foot panels) - it is quite narrow but long. There is a slight slope but hardly worth mentioning - sloping away from the house.It really only is about the...

Nixon's a she, DavieM!

You really do need to take a careful look at the centre to make sure the growing tip is still there, as Pete said.. They are pretty good links I agree. Trial & error after that I think....

If you let it go to seed you could have a sequel: Son of Daffodil!

That Jackson's Nurseries one is not too far from me - Staffordshire. The in-laws live not a million miles away so may plan a visit (to see them, obviously, and a side issue we can stop and have a look! )

if you'd like some freebie seeds, I've got some - just e-mail me, and I'll send you some. I seriously over-estimated how much I could bring on!!

Woolworths have some great deals on bulbs shrubs and trees just now.