General Gardening Discussion

Hello Ming welcome to the forum sorry your 'new' neighbour isn't very friendly maybe a bottle of nice wine with sort her out, it worked well on my new neighbours only problem now I can't get shut of her when we talk....but then again I do like to go on myself so not really a problem there! :D ...

Well I have had a good think about this and I dislike Berginia,s But I love Elephants Ears :D [ 13. April 2008, 12:33 AM: Message edited by: wiseoldowl ]

I appreciate that, but when you worry too much about a plant you start doing things which you think should be done. And end up damaging , or even killing, the plant.

Use it as a mulch, Antheus and, as Newbie says, the worms will take it down for you.

Thanks for the responses Whoever originally designed the garden must have loved birds as we have a lot of different plants already like hawthorn, dogwood, cherry etc.I'll check out blackthorn and then make a decision as to whether to go for a currant bush or a blackthorn one

Thanks for your help Smiffy will yake a look in Band Q ,sounds good .

Hahahaha Kathy3, MEN..

Oooo SweetP ..... noooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!xx [ 13. April 2008, 09:05 PM: Message edited by: SpringsHere ]

It won't hurt but I don't plant that deep. But if you don't go a little deeper then they will just damp off, keel over and die.

Thats great to know, thanks. I'm releaved now.

I'd be grateful for help with a shady problem. My neighbour's Leylandii hedge is huge and shades one side of my SW facing garden. The soil beneath these trees is horrendous - bare, dry & acidic. I'd like to do something to cover the ground or screen the bare earth a bit.Someone recommended...

I have planted mine from seed this year and they are looking real good,ready for transplanting

Thank you everybody. It's always worse when one gives you something. You feel twice as mortified if you haven't 'cared' for it as you should.Appreciate your advice.S

Depends if you want a large clump Sue. I would tend to group them in the same area rather than using them as feature plants, but that is just my preference and I certainly wouldn't put them very close together, but you can if you want. I am afraid nobody can tell you what to prefer. One of the...

Before GC goes off air or my computer breaks down again [both imminent] I had to add that I shamelessly copied Paladin's edging and it works beautifully! I set my rotary mower quite low and put one set of wheels on the bricks and it trims very neatly. Best idea ever, thanks Nick

could be that. In a recent test my soil was pretty alkaline and is heavy clay.

Terrier is right - its important not to remove or tie up the leaves for at least 6 weeks so that that food stores can be built up in the bulb to help it flower the following year. As long as the bulbs are deep enough (I put them in at 15cm/6 inches for Daffs and 20cm/9 inches for Tulips,(yes,...

just a quick rant really yesterday when i went to water my daughters stripy cattipiller plants in one of them plastic greenhouses(do not ask never seen them before she just liked the name and planted them herself) shes only 9 lol :D sorry back to the rant anyway went to water the new shoots...

I know what you mean about seedlings getting everywhere, maderense comes up in all my paving, I just wish the adult plant was as hardy as the seedlings seem to be. I cant keep it, or Palmatum without some winter protection.

I give mine 1 litre of martini cocktail every 3 weeks.Seriously, Pete is right. Give them the odd slug of growmore if they are in pots. But a sprinkling of BFB won't hurt. But don't over-do it