General Gardening Discussion

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.

Thanks Woo They are above the bud union so must be new growth, thank you I will take your advice on the pruning also.

Hi Mojo, Jusr read your post properly and thats something we both have in common. Mr Pop doesn`t even come in through the front door anymore-he checks the garden first, even found my hidey hole between our fence and the fence from next door.

Sniney you are absolutely right. I think if one grows a bit of this and a bit of that there is never a "bad" year. SOmething is bound to be good any year

:thumb: Hi Jenni & Welcome, What my friend & allot of others on her allotment have done, because the level of break ins was so high. This was approved by the police, even they though it worth trying.!! As it isn't always possible to carry ones tools back & forth..!!:thumb: They all lifted a...

I am trying to find some attractive indoor window pots approx 8" x 8" x 24" or 36" wide.Something that has a glazed finish ie (fired clay), with a pale green / brown or cream colour. (A water tray would also be necessary.)Like this but 2 or 3 feet wide;I've looked around several...

Yes, know what you mean Liz, they do tend to look almost dead when the suns not out.

Vivienne, I would say it`s earwigs, keel slugs or snails. I would say, smear the stems with Vaseline, that should do the trick.

I see this thread twice more, so no need to repost, me thinks!Yopu got some replies here:

Have heard that nematodes are meant to work wonders, but if they only work on slugs, not snails as well, then they sound like they might be an expensive gimmick to me; Afterall even if a got some to deal with my slugs I'd still have to find a way of keeping the snails off as well *sigh*That...

:eek: Just when you thought slugs couldn't get any grosser! Hopefully the Bristol Channel will keep my worms safe, at least for now...

I have a large (10ft) conifer hedging around my back garden. the space betwen the bottom of the hedge and the ground looks a bit bear. is there anything (considering big roots of conifers) i could grow here??Also, i have a space next to it in partial shade i would like to fil with plants ?...

Thanks, I'll let you know how I get on.

Horse tails and this:

It's a good idea. I would be interested to see if it really works or not.