General Gardening Discussion

Try giving your jasmine a regular dose of tomato food . Another lovely plant is Trachelospermum jasminoides (probably now called Rhyncospermum). That's an evergreen with white, scented, jasmine-like flowers. T. asiaticum has creamy-yellow flowers. Dregea sinensis (Wattakaka) would probably do...

True - and Baumaux don't have that in stock this year.

Wow, pete, that is the most comprehensive post I've seen you do in a long time , and I agree with you on most points. Cannas, as you said, are not Lilies and I'm sure you're right that, logically, Lily seeds will take a long time to flower until the ensuing bulb is mature enough to even think...

We don't have any problem about supplies as we collect courgette seeds from our own plants. We leave one to grow large, enter it as a marrow in horticultural shows and then keep and dry the seeds for the following year(s). My middle name is Scrooge

I try and delay moving plants from indoors to my greenhouse as long as possible to avoid heating the whole place just for a small amount of plants, assisted by bringing my greenhouse lighting indoors and setting up tiered staging in front of a window, but Mrs Scrungee only lets me do that in one...

I'm not sure if there is a variety mentioned on the label, I will look tomorrow. Labels on the hardware store plants can often be a bit vague or even non existent . I do have a wild scabious in the front garden and that looks after itself mostly. Also have a knautia something or other in...

hey you .... we need a update

keep in the fridge for now if not ready to plant

My aspirations are simple - to try and keep the garden tidy! No new projects apart from trying to get lawn back on the very large area that has died off because of us storing empty pots and trays that we keep ready for all the plants we usually grow for sale. No open garden again this year so...

It seemed odd on seeing this in the plant world seeds . But both Mike's and Nigels explanation is understandable. Mikes ,reminds me of an ageing Doctor who was well known for advising the use of Fullers Earth tablets for almost everything from a sore throat to backache and all else inbetween, ...

I know it's a bit belated,but couldn't help adding:::::Sometimes on a forum we have to agree to disagreeOooops sorry , I'll get me coat

My in-laws had moved into a council bungalow .They had a similar problem ,.Everything plus an old kitchen sink was buried a couple of foot down.They replaced the soil .T he plant always died . the only shrub was a wild rose and this thrived. make sure you get ALL the soil replaced.The...

Hello again Ash, for absolute basics, written in a clear, concise way, these are your best bet...

As your garden is going to develop over time, ( no one gets such a layout right first time) think we would go for a more rustic approach that can be readily repositioned, be it a bark mulch, gravel or steppping stones rather than a concreted in affair, like blocks or paving. Also going to take...

I cleaned mine just prior to putting up the bubble wrap in Oct/Nov. I use both Jeyes fluid and bleach. I have to pick a fine day when I can shift all the plants out and hope that it all dries before putting them back again. Everything is in pots at this stage so little chance of the jeyes...

The 'cutting' can be chucked into a gritty compost....or just grit/pea shingle or sand. A lot of the time I've had them send out roots where they fell(were kicked off after having stabbed me)