General Gardening Discussion

Hi Bella if it's year round colour you're after you could try putting some heathers in just as long as you don't plant any of those funny coloured ones i.e. the fake colours that you will see knocking around like the bright blue and red ones because not only do they not look 'right' but they do...

In a perfect world there'd be no humans, but as this is not a perfect world we just have to learn to live with nature. If you don't want mice in your compost bin, just bang it with a stick a few times as you go past, the mice will move on. Live and let live

Yep, I have a little seemannii, which has not flowered yet. There also others even rarer, but tender. Very tender. I saw a complete darling called Hydrangea lobbii last year, more scandent than climbing actually. I wanted one, but it was not for sale, I was tempted to steal my way in the...

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Laurel contains a bit of cyanide, but as far as I know it won't leach out in to the surroundings, and it will gradually decompose. So I would just go ahead and use the wood. The leaves if you have any, can be put in the compost heap. They are best shredded first otherwise they are slow to decompose

If they are the perennial Papaver x hybridus then no they do not repeat flower. We cut ours down to the ground once they have finished flowering and let other things overgrow them to fill the gap. Sometimes they do produce smaller flowers very late on in the season.

Thanks guys! I have passed the info along. Dave, I brought some of that Spanish Moss back from Florida last October. I have it hanging up in our Wintergarten on one of these accordian-type trellises, tacked to the roof beams. So far, it seems to be doing OK.

Pleased to say that my friends Vitacelli Polish Spirit is now budding up!

Thank you for all the replies. I will do as you suggest and not worry to much about their floppyness! I have more pots than I thought I would, so if some of them don't like their final position, it won't be the end of the world. I have hundreds of Aquilegias everywhere, and although I like them...

i would go along with Yucca, there are a lot of variegated Cordylines but as far as I know not with pink in the leaf yet, (plant breeders may change that).

Looks great borrowers, nice and tidy, minimal maintenance for you, some colour and interest also.And somewhere for the doggie to run round too !Steve...

Bit like me then.:D

Just testing my details should be Golfer had a few problems should be resolved now.

Some hostas are more slug resistant than others Some areas I plant the hostas are more slug resistant areas than others It might be a help where I have laid wood bark chippings Sometimes wifey lays slug pellets :(

Init, they are fine in pots and should fruit but they are rampant and need growing up/under/around /along canes and wires or keep them in check by pinching the odd growing tips out. I have gown them around large wire hoops inserted in the pots similar to the way indoor Jasmines are sold.. When...

Could try Pyracantha from a nursery, one's that are reasonably tall. Either buy a few plants, or fan them out. Berries for the birds and evergreen as well.:thumb:

The two best Geraniums I have are called 'Patricia' and 'Rosanne'. There is a specialist Geranium forum in the US and they always come out top on that. They both flower for a very long period, partly because they are sterile hybrids - consequently there is no need to deadhead.Like many, they...

Beware! I washed through (with water) a pile of red chips that I was given - barrowed from a neighbours driveway. The water ran into a flower bed and nothing grew there last year at all.

Tim Sunflower Cottage is so enchanting what a wonderful paint job both you and Emily did on it and the lovely flower is a delight no wonder Emily is so pleased. One idea that might go well is giving little Emily a couple of containers to grow herbs in around the decking or maybe a wall basket...