General Gardening Discussion

Vinca does tooooo well. The variegated one is well-behaved and welcome. Not keen on most phlox either - but the slugs are extremely partial to them. Haven't tried corncockles. Catananche were lovely this year, but it's a bit of a wait for them to flower from seed. I hope they survive until...

No, but it’s very pretty. Here’s an interesting article about Woolworths and plants.'Horti' - a history of the Woolworth Garden DeptOne in three daffodils and tulips in British gardens today came from a Woolworths shop? Amazing.

Ha! Thank you for these recommendations. I'll have a look now.

For info I've uploaded a photo of a section of rudbeckia stem that died from Verticillium wilt.

Thanks for your responses all. I might start cutting back and see if what i'm left with is worth saving, perhaps it won't be. When in bloom is was very very nice and tbh, even when not, its form made it a bit of a favourite. It just seems a bit sad now.

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Thanks, useful info, will definitely think carefully then where it should go !

Thanks. I'll take a look.

No idea. I never try.

Thanks @fairygirl . It's amazing how much ground space ivy takes up - so slowly that you don't realise it. I'm left with a wide strip between mature plants and the trellis fence. Neighbours intend to plant a rambling rose. I hope I've persuaded them not to get a rampant rector or the new bed...

It's probably hungry and may be thirsty, altho this variety doesn't like to be too wet. It's also tender so, if you can't plant it in the ground in a sheltered spot, you'll need to find a much bigger container so its roots can spread and feed the plant which, when happy, grows to between 3 and...

If you go down the glyphosate route, pick a dry calm day and don't get any spray onto plants you are keeping.

Here's some of my convolvulus ...

@Escarpment, thanks but I don't think I will ever understand terms like "white balance". Weirdly, my phone camera takes better flower colours than my camera. I just took this picture of these same Cyclamen, after dark, and the colours are a bit better. Also a photograph of some Nasturtiums...

Pups, catch them all ! Some of them come up in really hard to excavate places. Good roots on some, others not so much.

Thanks for taking the photo, I have a far better idea now. Really appreciate the help.

I haven't got a clue what you're talking about?

They are both spur bearers.

How about Griselinia? It's a light green so will brighten your garden and is also available variegated. It grows fast so will need trimming more often.griselinia hedge images - Search Images (bing.com)

My neighbours are lovely people, but they're not great at looking after plants so they're forever bringing things over to me to have. She bought me a sad rhododendron this weekend, which I assume she had put in normal compost. I did offer her some ericaceous as I had a bag left over from my...