General Gardening Discussion

No don't do that, it will just multiply! It loves to be broken up, the worse thing you can do is to dig the patch before you spray as it fragments, and bits miss the spray.

Globosa smells nice tho. :D :D

Thank you everyone. The flowers on this plant are really lovely.

Thanks for that. I think I may have overwatered. I will leave them to dry out for a while and put them into the sunshine.

I learnt all the basics from reading the 'Reader's Digest Guide to Creative Gardening' - it has sections on perenials, annuals, bulbs shrubs etc. There are beautiful pictures with descriptions, cultivation & propogation instructions and suggestions of companion plants and colour schemes. It...

i THINK YOU MAY HAVE BETTER RESULTS WITH ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF POTS/CONTAINERS. YOU CAN GET SOME FAIRLY GOOD SIZE THINGS FROM RECLAIMATION YARDS ETC.. IN THEORY ALL YOU ARE DOING IS CREATING A LARGE CONTAINER.

agree with both suggestions. I know J Parker does tamarisk http://www.jparkers.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.standard&continueaction=category.search&search=tamarisk&producttype_id=48246How about rosemary? It does as well as lavendar in most situations - extremely tough, but nice with it.

Hi, there, Barndweller - welcome! If you've taken conifers out, the soils will be very dry and dusty, I presume? It'll need organic matter dug in, for sure, whatever you plant. I presume there is enough depth of soil to grow whatever you want?Are you thinking of a formal entrance way by...

Oh yes I have done that. when I unpotted them they also had loads of little baby bulbs round them so they should make good full displays next year. I have fed them well too.

perfect! what a brilliant idea! :D

Been thinking about this a bit more, aspect and photo would be helpful, but with economy in mind and the fact that if its your first house you may move on soon, why not try to hold the bank together with planting - not best option, but as I said cheap one and may solve a drainage problem that...

I wouldn't give up on them yet Lenten Rose. Some of my lavenders have yet to start into growth again after that long cold spell. You should see some sign of growth over the next four weeks - and hopefully they will survive the close hair cut.

I'm going to plant mine out this morning and hope for no more frost.

thank you all for your posts, I really appreciate itI had to retire early last year due to Lupus, so it was the first proper year in the garden. I managed to find out how to get the seeds from baby and large snapdragons, and stored them as directed. Ive sown some of them, and they have...

Hi there,Thanks and happy to be guided by the consensus although grateful to Pete2255 for confirming that there was some substance, albeit outdated, to my incorrect assertion.Many Thanks.

all types and i heard you need to infect them with symbotic fingus. were can i optain this from?

apologies for pic quallity (jack of all trades, master of none.) :D

That's not very nice Orchid man, no flaming on here please!

the seed i mean

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