General Gardening Discussion

most of the above will die down in winter and need deadheading etc. to keep them tidy - cottage gardens can get a bit labour-intensive! For late autumn/winter colour try something like the Ice Plant (sedum spectabilis), or Winter Jasmine makes a lovely splash of colour in mid-winter, and ...

Well done everybody, these all look great.

Mole grip... that´s the english name for my "pinza a scatto". Live and learn.

If I had Bramble AND Ground Elder in my lawn...I'd move house

I know. But it is funny to stand in front of a plant half again as tall as I am and read "dwarf" on the label. Not that being taller than me is such an achievment there are probably many dwarves in the world who could claim that, bananas and not :D

Too hot in the glasshouse for Pansies. Plant them out close together in a nursery bed to grow on during the summer and plant into their flowering positions in the autumn. Now is the time to sow a few Myosostis (Forget me not) to go with them. Sow thinly in drills in the open ground and thin out...

And thanks Wilroda - so are you suggesting I grow them from seed? Can you tell I'm new to this gardening malarky?!

Erm kristen.Australia and New Zealand are quite nice this time of the year!!

Well I would leave the pump in the pond and working, for what it's worth. Also in one edge of the pond a little heater for over winter...will keep a small area free from icing up and allow the pump water to dissipate.I never removed my pumps once in and they stayed perfectly healthy. Not a...

I've never thought of pressure washing the paths :oI brush them down with a bleach mixture if they are getting mossy and slippery but otherwise they all look very well weathered :rolleyes:

It has been a lovely day here but it started raining as soon as I got home I'm just going to get very wet bringing the horses in :(

It might be Lonicera xylosteum Although not every photo I have seen ot this has the almost translucent velvet leaves. Some seem to have the more typical "waxy" honeysuckle leaves. When (if) it flowers I will update you all. Thanks to you all, especially Ivory and coub. This is a...

Something I've never been able to get my head round: Just how do you mulch an established bed when there's hardly any space between the plants?

Lol Dizi isn't that just how things go never mind it's a thought for next time if you ever need to do something else along the same line again.Hel.xxx.

Wouldn't like to say really. I suppose if they still look healthy, then there is no harm in continuing, but its getting a bit late for a flowering plant this year. Not sure that they can go a complete season dormant, and then grow the following year.

Thank you, PAL.:D

"could you give me an example of a 'high nitrogen' fertilise"Sulphate of ammonia. Look at the "NPK" rating; the first is "Nitrogen". So something which isbig-number - tiny-number - tiny-numberwill do the trick. There are seaweed products (like Maxicrop) which I think are high in...

Sunny up there? That can't be right!

Found it - thanks Walnut I'll give 'em a ring and see if they got any left.

Oh, that does look lovely, borrowers, and I love the blue and white, looks so refreshing. Well done! :thumb: I bet it looks pretty in the evening with the lights on too. Daisees, I didn't know that! Thanks for the tip.