General Gardening Discussion

That's an interesting trial Prastio, maybe pumpkins would do better there, you could certainly grow some monster gunnera, though you would soon lose what looks like a pleasant corner as it takes over. It broadens the scope for plant types in a garden to have an area like that, very nice.

I agree with Marley. I think on principle it is better to start most things off in pots. You are in contol.

I never spray ivy, the waxy leaves repel spraying and dead ivy is harder to scrape off.IMO the best method is to cut it off at ground level and pickaxe out the roots, if on a wall, scrape off / pull off the shoots with a stripping knife.

Yeah, I really am appreciating all the hard work now, and love my dahlia's. First attempt at growing dahlia's but didn't realise they have no scent!!

I will refrain from making the obvious Norfolk jibes!

"I wonder how many are like us"Describes me pretty much to a T. I rarely read the Mag; didn't know tht I could get free seeds before reading it here. Occasionally go to Wisley (friends live nearby), usually forget to take my RHS card with me!However, the two of us do like to go to Chelsea,...

Just like kids then! You love `em, proud of how they do but there are times when its a good job you have no loppers in your hands!

@ UJH Nothing wrong with being a lazy cook, it's what the food tastes like at the end, not how long it takes to prepare that matters IMO Lady Gardenerre Thanks for the welcome! Am so jealous of you, both for living in such a warm climate, & because it happens to be a good place to grow...

Crassula ovata or jade plant dead easy. chlorophytum comosom or spider plant . Kalanchoe several species will thrive there's about 125 to choose from

Hi golcarlilly, there the new bins... The pallet decking has been down for years, i just give them a coat of fence treatment every couple of years, ..Dee... PS I just dropped the whole pallet down, no sawing or cutting required....Dee..

Nothing difficult about growing from seed, but some seeds are harder to grow than others.It might help if you have some tips on how to grow from seed, I've added a page to my Blog describing the process in quite a lot of detail: sowing seeds indoorsSeeds are half price in our local garden...

Not that I know of JWK cherries and indeed most fruit trees are suceptible to this, it is a wind borne pathogen fransfered by spores so the sooner it can be destroyed by cutting down the affected tree and burning it the better for the surrounding trees.

I knew this one (not), lol. I think its lovely. Hope it grows ok for you. cheers

This week we are mostly ...... ....... going to put in beetroot to have as baby beetroot (we put in 2 rows earlier on but only one was successful). Rocket because we have only just discovered it and it is so expensive in the shops. We are also going to do swede for the first time. The pigeons...

I want to grow perennial Phlox in the garden. When is the best time to plant the seeds or should I start them off in a propagator

For a small ish plant that flowers for months right through to autumn, self seeds and flowers in the first season. Grows to about 9" high ish. How about the wild wall flower. I scattered some seed last October/November. They germinated and started flowering in April and are still going strong....

Couldn't get F. Magellanica variegata to do well - wherever I grew it. Same with Ricarttonii - dunno why. They just didn't grow very big. Maybe I need to try again with the variegata - its a pretty plant.

berberis stenophulous or however you say it

Virtually the same Liz. According to my book:- Hemp Agrimony is Eupatorium cannabinum the British native wild flower, which I think has smaller flower heads and the book says grows to about 5 feet. Mine is Eupatorium purpureum (Joe Pye Weed from the USA). Which has huge flower heads and the book...

Here's Carol Klein's advice:Of these I have succesfully tried Japanese anemones, and Brunnera 'Jack Frost'. My shade, being under a large yew, is almost constant.