General Gardening Discussion

Bulbs to plant in autumn are usually in the shops etc. by the beginning of September so start looking in the middle of August! Bulbs for autumn flowering are normally planted in Spring so that is when they begin to appear on the shelves. Actually form mid winter onwards.

Yes I agree, and I've only recently started making a start. Changed cars about 3 years ago aiming to get from 25mpg to 50. Have only actually got to about 40 which was a disappointment. Changing again this year to try to get nearer to 75mpg.We've cut our utility usage (CH oil, electricity...

Hi all just keeping you all upto date Bob and I went to Wilkos yesterday and to our surprise all the good quality seeds (you know Thompson and co.) are now half price. I didn't think that these ones would come down in price as the other week only Wilko's own brand were on sale, there's really...

mojoThanks for the heads up - I'll take a look.

I've seen cardboard formers that are used to make the shape and contours of the chair. Seemed blinking expensive to me for a couple of bits of cardboard, but ...

Limited choice so late in the season but found a small tray of Asters at a local garden centre only £1.50 for 12 plants and they have just filled a bit of space. Already one or two flowers on them so they should last for a few weeks. --------------------

Okay, then I'll have to take some cuttings as it's a nice plant, but the 3 of them are taking over the small bed they were put into (I'd have just put one in, but I think they had loads of plants left over and just bunged them into my garden - I had 13 cotoniasters in a space about 4' across and...

That sounds about right, the flowers are just gorgeous and the purple on has been planted at the side of her, its just a baby but when it has gone grown they should look just perfect stood together-Mr &Mrs Hydrangrea, he's her toyboy! I`m losing it big time, I was talking to the campanula...

Course, thats what Mother Nature intended after all. Somehow without the aid of secauteurs and propagators and poisons she managed it all beautifully because she decided all in equal measure.

I agree that sand won't improve your soil much, but a sprinkling of sharp sand on the surface around soft plants will help deter slugs.

Both links ok Young Daisy if you wait a short while after blank page loads the link becomes live.:thumb:

When you said Knotweed I thought "Oh no! Not Japanese knotweed!!"Having looked at Polygonum bistorta superba I think it's a match.I'll try moving/dividing a bit and keeping it in the sun - maybe next year I'l get some flowers and all will be revealed. At the moment it isn't in the way so as...

My kinda shed:thumb:

Hi Kristen, I never remove the foliage on mine, do you think I should be doing. I thought they needed the sunlight for photosynthesis and thereby increasing tuber size? I don`t want to be doing anything not right

Not come across it before, but it looks as if it might be interesting. Pity about it being difficult to propagate, perhaps if it was easy, it would be well known here.

DaveP ~ Thanks for the excellent pointers on cordyline care. My plant is a Torbay Dazzler, I will repot in new compost today and also ensure it is fed and watered as you advise. On the winter storage - first year I placed it in a well lit frost free shed. I bound the leaves up tightly. The...

Thank you borrowers....I have had lots of fun, trying to find out how to grow the seedings, getting advice, and putting a picture of them eventually on the thread...Watch this space!

I have a very good plant knowledge of common names and a fair knowledge of latin.Rather emabarasingly i too suffer memory blocks when it comes to on the spot reacll and always cause ammusment as the name usually comes to me a minute later.

On this theme, I also have fuchsia Sarah Brightman. Label doesnt say if it's hardy and a google reveals very little. Does anyone know?

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.