General Gardening Discussion

Long lanky plant with really nice flowers is my experience, grows like the clappers. And as David says, be careful of the brown dust that comes off the twigs, its are like itching powder.

:D that's a classic case of swings and roundabouts! Hel.xxx.

Pot them up put them outside if there's a danger of heavy frost just cover the pots or bring them in for the duration of the cold spell.

Lack of water has made the buds drop off!!

Nice sized branch Scotkat.. I would definitely follow the seed instructions then, as well as trying to root some cuttings perhaps... :D Good Luck & let us know if you have any luck..!

I am still waiting for my B. Windii to show a bud, maybe later in the year, it has 4 offshoots already. I am trying to get a Bilbergia Pyramidalis Striata ofshoot to root because when that flowers it will be worth well the wait.

Thanks for the advice - and for your kind words Helen. Getting back into the garden has been held up because of the awful cold weather but have just found out that one of my golfing pals has a friend who has a wholesale nursery so am hoping for good things to come. I agree with cramming...

I have moved some of mine at this time some people say leave it until a bit later but I cut all mine down a bit and transferred them to there new site

Just reading the comments above especially the "seems expensive if you are not in the business" one.!!! My dad ran a building firm and directly from school (1989) i worked for him for 2 years whilst doing a city and guilds brickwork course. When i recently built an extension on my house,(with a...

Just to clarify all passion fruits are toxic when unripe P. tripartita var. mollissima and other Tacsonia taste good but deteriorate quickly after harvest,P.edulis is the edible one commonly sold, the one I have is P. caerulea a hardy little number its fruits are orange when ripe, it has a...

Nice blog Oktarine - good on you. Keep reminding us of it from time to time.Some helpful info on there - you've inspired me to start my tomatoe seedlings.All the best, TC

also the peiwinkles lesser and major make good ground cover plants.

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...