General Gardening Discussion

i'm very fond of parsnip of late but the ones i tried didn't even germinate. i have a few big buckets that'll make for some pots and try and grow parsnip again next year. i'll try carrots in them too, the ones i did grow, although massive (over a pound in weight each) were extremely knobbly, due...

Funnily enough Whis4ey that's what my B.in law found as well.'Wot me guv'nor. I'm nowhere near that website. It's all a coincidence.' The American expression is B.S.

John,Virility :eek: speak for yaself, give me a good book and a cup of options (orange please) and I will be well away :DAs for commercial sites, hear hear. This is a friendly forum for gardeners not a commercial site for sellers. If admin say it's ok = fine but ask first nuff said

You are right, of course, Palustris. I have been planting a few biennials in the last few days. And I have disturbed so many bulbs which are surprisingly well developed - but all below soil level. So often its a case of "out of sight out of mind".Dendro - there may be an advantage in covering...

Talking about seeds ..... I have loads of Japanese maple seeds available this year for the cost of postage if anybody wants them

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I know what you mean Paula but you could always claim insanity! :eek: Helen.xxx.

Peter those salvias look absolutely wonderful what monsters they are! :eek: Helen.xxx.

very good whis4ey i have two at the bottom of my garden wasnt sure about them till i saw your great colours cant wait till they get a decent size

I do what you do Scotcat and take the heads off in spring and give it a prune. My neighbour pruned one of my hydrangeas last Autumn so she could replace and paint the fence and it didn't flower at all this year.

You could have a passion flower but it is semi evergreen, but a fast grower, you could cut it back though and it would come back every year.

There are bluebells and daffodils through in my neighbour's garden!! They are so early I think they may not be planted deep enough, and will prove to be blind, but seeing them has lifted my mood and set me thinking of Spring.

I agree slugs generally go for much softer leaved things than your euonymus. It would be the caterpillars. If it happens again I would simply go on a caterpillar hunt. With three bushes you might find it easier to do a search and remove them physically than go and get out the sprayer, mix it...

What i really meant was that you take a photo from just outside the back window of your Mum's house looking towards the houses that you want privacy from, or take a photo looking out from the kitchen window looking that way. Its a matter of estimating angles and the maximum height of the...

I had a plumbago wilmotii which I pruned every march down to about 2 buds from the ground, it probably depends on the type of plumbago you have though.

thanks lol they are really nice may be its because they are in there first year and we hit minus 6 , think they will start growing again come march . i hope so i wanted to train them into trees like yours

Yup, from seed BM, I dont regard it as a good grower over here. I'm not that well up on them, but I think they can become treelike in the tropics. Mine grow fast but only for a short period each year so overall growth is slow, the lower leaves also drop, which can make them a bit leggy.

Looks gorgeous but I can't help. The only jasmine I can send is winter flowering, but I can't even send that till April when it's finished.