General Gardening Discussion

Not now she isnt but love the pun.

Buddleja is a tough old plant hack away at it and it comes back fighting!Hel.xxx.

is it better to grow it in pots and how long does it take to produce flowers?

Many thanks for that E'smum,beginning to think it were a "one off". I do know it was released in 2003 by M.R.Allsop who i've tried to contact.Gonna get in touch with the Fuchsia group i were a member of & see if they know anything. I do love Fuchsia's & it seemed apt. to get one of these...

We used 'You Got a Friend' on our terrier site, went for the 'Ahhh' response.

Shrub roses I do early to mid March.Other roses I prune back 1/3 in late november to prevent windrock /remove long shoots then properly prune any time between Jan and march thinning out growth, reducing it and removing dead wood.Remember to be quite heavy handed with your summer dead...

My Dunnock nests in a large conifer,the group of house sparrows that frequent my garden seek the sanctuary of a firethorn it keeps the sparrow hawk at bay, if you want them to nest put a row of nest boxes under your eaves,the boxing in of the eaves that they now do on new builds has added to the...

Hi Elaine welcome back girl.I have to agree with Pro Gard cut off the old flower stalks for now as that will at least make them an awful lot more neater and pleasing to the eye.Sadly my own lavender got way out of hand after only a year..... so much for feeding the blooming things ended up...

There you are richard hope this helps

ohh ! thanks for that. Now why didnt I ever think of just planting a few in a pot instead of a whole tray full???? why is it the obvious is just that-too obvious!!and yet I had also never thought about spraying them with that compound stuff either!! grrrr. bimbo alert!!!!

There was a good article in the Telegraph's Garden supplement on Saturday last which listed 100 best plants - worth a look although I guess we could all suggest othes.....

Down to -8C last night. Got the heater working again, but despite being on for two and a half hours the temperature inside still fell to -1C.

Thanks wiseoldowl. Beautiful picture.

any idea why this is the third time that my gypsophila seedlings die after reaching 3-4 cm? They are indoors in a pot.

You just wait until summer LoL we will show you what sunshine is we are going to have a scorcher.

Hi Marley. Yes, he does have Internet access ... just not a lot of time to trawl. I shall pass the above along to him as well ... thank you again.

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A few of my favorites on there LoL good links.

I think if your'll willing to give plants a little fleece coat in winter you could try almost anything although sometimes you have to be brave....me I'm just waiting for this cold weather to go and then it's off to the garden centre to get started on my little jungle theme.Hel.xxx.

I put 2 drip systems in a few years back.Its a mixture of parts but works fine. Found the Gardena timer the best so far, new batteries each year. Outside the back and the front garden pots and tubs are suplied with 22mm tube and 6mm to drippers.Down the garden and greenhouse 22mm with 6mm...