General Gardening Discussion

Not in my experience,like Hellebores they are promiscuous, and seedlings come up every colour under the sun.But I love to be surprised what they throw up as seedlings. But there can be some horrible colours! Nice colours I take cuttings off ( though they don't always root) that way I get to...

Hi guys. I take on board what you say about `dappled` Dai Hopefully in the non too distant future I can give it such a spot. As for watering PeterS, I`m pretty sure it`s been looked after in that respect (by us), but it WAS bought from B&Q ! :( Thanks for the replies btw. Cheers...freddy.

After only a week of using this spray on the "fatsia" its sprung to life! praying to the sun again! Thanks all

Lovely pics Kandy - lvoe those big seedheads! Reminded me to go and see if I can capture some of my own! ...

Two have the white and the violet but the blue and the alpine haven't flowered at all yet. Don't know why.

Now that's just wonderful Sandra I'm sure the lady will get plenty of helpful advice here and be hooked in no time at all if she joins. I do hope she's brave and informs us (if and when she joins) of the lovely chat she had with you because it would be so nice to follow the trail of how she...

I would agree with Pam and Ivory. Its a bit late to sow seeds for things to flower this year but you might like to try some annuals. Annuals are the sprinters of the plant world. They germinate quickly, and often grow and flower quite quickly, and then set a lot of seed. They have to because...

I hate that stuff its everywhere round here .....

You are very welcome.:D

Not put off at all, experience is what I asked for!! :-)I love my auricula way too much, I will divide the clump, and put into *2* pots, either that or plant it in the bathing tub, lol. Thanks!

Nice one:thumb:

Never heard of this one! Masks for handling compost? Ooer!

Thanks for the good replies !

Men8ifr. The flowers don`t last forever, they are done for this year. The plant will now make some of that growth you want. And don`t feed it for now, let it take it`s nutrient from the soil.

It's an amazing transformation Lol and well worth the wait I think (love the granite)although I think you deserve it sweetie after all your early morning wake ups because no matter how hunky the builders were no lady sure have her sleep disturbed.:D I hope you and your beloved spend many a...

thank you! we still hve a fair way to go! My hubby is building a little picket type fence which will seperate the gravel area from the lawn (and hopefully stop my 18mth daughter from thinning the carrots out!!!) And we need to paint the fences and shed (fence will be green and shed will be...

Thanks Pete, that's helpful x

Think you have it the nail on the head there pete I would like to think i'm one of them. My wifes uncle had a beautiful garden imaculate lawn spent nearly all his time in it, one of the old gardener types always admired him until I found out one of his tricks was to water his lawn with some...

thanks Pete - there are huge cordylines in the area - about 25 ft tall. A mature acacia and quite a few pelargoniums that are about 4ft tall, seems like quite a mild area. However, in central London where the plants were last winter there was no frost at all. If yours survive minus 5 I think...

Sorry Freddy but I have just seen your reply, I stopped my waterful to see if that was the problem, I do think that after a lot of rain the ground under and surrounding the pond does push the water higher and then as the ground drys out the water level does drop.--- Mauriceoops just noticed...