General Gardening Discussion

I have to agree totally with you Nathan I am growing trial plants for Jersey Plants be a good test with our cold climate.

Ivy?

Because we were a large family my mother kept about 3 dozen chickens in Sri-Lanka. We used to love watching the little chicks hatch out and hide under their mother's wings. We used to fight to collect the eggs. They were all penned in becauses of the foxes at night. Dreadful rogues they were.

Okey dokey pete :thumb:

They are Pixie Cup Lichen, roders. (Cladonia fimbriata) We have them in the garden too.

Prune the hydrangea mid Feb.Cut off old flower heads to two or three buds below and take out 1/3 of the old woody stems at base level, Same thing each year. Don't try anything harsher or you wont get any flowers.As for the Hebe, this is how they naturally grow! If you dislike it dig...

Many thanks for your reply redstar. I'll plant then tomorrow, I have a nice semi shaded spot for them

Hi Dave, the brassicas are hardy and should be fine outdoors. I have beet spinach oputside as well. The garlic needs to be outside in the ground as the frost will make the bulb split into separate cloves, if they are too warm you tend to just get 1 big clove. Leeks are also fine outside, the...

Thanks everyone, much appreciated.

Agreed! I've always found that honeysuckles are one of those plants that you can put in the ground and forget about:gnthb:

I fancied a cone with 3-4 flat sides , sort of pyramid shape, and i saw a demo of this somewhere, Plant your box or whatever shrub it is ,in your pot then push 3-4 canes down the pot sides , secore the tops together to make your wigwam shape, and anything that protrudes is what needs...

Yes - fine specimen. Lucky you!

I made fleece jackets and wrapped 8 musa basjoo trees in late October. One of my trees is 7' Just fold the leaves over and wrap them up with fleece. I dont take them in as they are firmly established in the ground. In Sri-Lanka we have other varieties and with the weather being warm we dont...

We have had Snowdrops showing their heads for a couple of weeks now and our Daffodils have had greenery for a bit longer.In the past we have noticed that a lot of the spring stuff starts to show growth at this time of the year and then when it gets colder they seem to stop and stay as they are...

Good luck :thumb:

I rang them up today to see when the order may arrive and they said the wharehouse was very busy now and could be 2-3 weeks, to be fair it does say can take upto 28 days to deliver but I was expecting it within a few days to a week to be honest and now I'm considering cancelling the order as...

Thanks Pete, Re: Ginger, as I mentioned I have one main stem about 3ft high but with only leaves, and a second late starting shoot in a new location within the pot, the second one is only about 12inches high and only has 2 leaves. Taking your advise, i'll take the pot in for the winter, cut...

I always grow them in pots - usually as companion plants with tomatoes and/or nastutiums. It's best to plant them in the spring though.

There was not a great deal of change for our plants this year but they are all well established. Our wild bee orchids seemed to like the weather as they started earlier and had spread but the cowslips that they grow amongst weren't quite as profuse as normal. Veggies and fruit were a...

Will do David, hope I can beat the frosts !