General Gardening Discussion

i have one of those in the ground and i also have the same problem of the leaves turning brown, but it is flowering really well . i thought it might be the cold winds that we had a while back ,but i am not sure really . i have got some new green leaves just coming though i hope they dont...

We use slug traps too. We made ours from pop bottles. I too use the slug tape, I've put it around my wooden planter (which the snails and slugs just looove) and it seems to be working:thumb: My neighbour puts salt (like the type you get in salt bins for salting the road) around her plants and...

David, thanks for your quick answer.:thumb:

Having written all this I've just barged around a corner in the garden and nearly cracked my head open on a hanging wooden bird feeder house.... :oNote to self - read your own posts!

Stick em outside ! Get ready to plant and get ready for seeing my favorite flower next year. Good luck

I`d say you were doing alright Ray, just make sure to keep them watered until established. :thumb:

So you bought a growing plant, TO?

HiI have a similar problem with my silver birch - can you tell me what the presticide you used was called?Thanks Catinwaiting

Great job, Slinky! You can see how much hard work you have put in already and it's going to be great!What are you going to do with the old weights? I would be tempted to create a piece of garden sculpture with them, a lick of paint and some surrounding planting and I think it would look great

Defenitely worth a bit of a haggle, builders merchants lol, even with a trade account theres still scope to negotiate on the monstorusly high prices at Travis perkins!!!!I refuse to use B and Q anything that TP dont do or are really expensive for i use screwfix.

Yeah - they look good. Hanging baskets it will have to be.Thanks everyone, for helping me out with this.L.

Thankyou kindly, everyone.I havn`t been online for a few days as i`ve switched thingybobs so have been awaiting new modem. Since last post they`ve come on a bit so i`m ever so pleased.

hi bigbaddad i too have moved last november into a new property and despite my oh and i being pensioners, and my oh disabled, i have loved planning and working in my garden. Our garden is a fraction of the size of yours but words cannot describe the pleasure and satisfaction you get as you...

Yes, its a mountain or mama ash also known as a Rowan tree, they tend not to grow as big as the rest of their family. Lovely berries on it during winter for the birds. The lillies are lovely too by the way.

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Thanks Peter. This is going to be a well used site i can see. LoL, doesn't matter as long as we know what we talking about. We were close enough. Bit like 'eether' 'eyether'. cheers

peters thanks for your reply, thats very help full, i will have to loose the plant at the of the summer then as i dont have a greenhouse lol, as for the feeding thanks again steve..

Thanks Pete :thumb:

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Dunno Pete, I have only brought back cuttings or seeds from recognised plant/trees (except the seed from a Florida hotel garden which turned out to be a common Mediterranean Carob):D