General Gardening Discussion

Thank you all for your kind input. I don't think that will be possible The bungalow is long and sideways on - on the plot. The back garden is actually at the east end of it, so it follows that the back garden faces east, although it has almost all day sun as you can see in the second shot....

That’s a nice choice @cucumber .

@infradig Thank you for that article link, possibly answers a question I had which was given the known parsimonious of farmers and that glyphosate is supposed to be bound to the soil particles how come so much ended up in rivers.

My Heleniums went into a state of suspended animation at the end of last month. They have plenty of new flower buds but are refusing to progress. Erigeron lasts here until December and is in full display. Some Hostas are reflowering as are many Heucheras. I'm getting a second flush of flowers...

That's great @Donna Crossman . Glad it's working better now. You'll be able to enjoy all the area around the pond, as well as the pond itself. You can experiment a bit more with your choices too, when the soil's decent

Yes it's in the High St he seems very well known here.

@Goldenlily26 Thank you for your input , i shall monitor this over the winter months and assess the way forward . The only vertical stem ends with two horizontal stems , so i shall take photos over the coming months and monitor the changes , i am also inclined to cut back but i know this is a...

Hakonechloa grows really well here I have H. aurea/aureum, as the variegation's nice, but it loses that if in more shade. It likes plenty of moisture so it's very happy in my garden whether in a raised bed or directly in the ground, and in plenty of sun. Despite creating shelter from wind, my...

My arms are still not long enough for this one, its got the pullies to give you the advantage, so it cuts really easily but, it just involves so much cord length to close the cutter. Mine hasn't got a wooden handle but it did come with a silly plastic thing to wind the cord round.

Always used to visit here when I worked in London. Worth knowing that the John Tradescants, father and son, are both buried in an elaborate stone sarcophagus in the back 'garden'. Lovely, peaceful place, worth visiting if only to honour the memory of those two great explorers, collectors and...

Not many places in the UK where you could leave a standard out all winter I would have thought.

I have complained on J Parkers WhatsApp thing - but it seems to now be ignoring me. Currently sat on hold on the phone with them

When I search 'butterfly on tree trunk' I get a few images returned with butterflies doing a headstand, and they mostly seem to be painted ladies or red admirals. Intriguing, but best I don't spend another x hours spelunking the depths of the internet ..

Thank you all.I have lots of sites, but most of them are currently obscured, in the Bilbo Baggins "Mirkwood" sense of obscured, albeit mainly by apple trees, Himalayan Giant blackberries (I'm a blackberry vinegar fiend) and wisterias.

To do that I would need it to flower again (the desired rose) which won't happen now until next year (I believe).Would a better plan be to cut the rose back completely to the lowest point say 12 inches or so off the ground?

Autumn is generally a good time to plant so long as your plants are a reasonable size. Foxgloves should be OK, mine seed themselves, but slugs love lupins. They will attack them in spring just as they emerge if they are small plants. I would cut down the flowers of the achillea.

I have no idea what sort of bamboo ours was (is). It came from a large house in north Wales in the 1970s, where we used to go for training. Hubby was wondering around the grounds and thought he would like some. He must have used some canteen cutlery to dig up a bit as his only other equipment...

I think with conventional practice for angled cuts are on plants with thicker stems and larger buds. The idea being that you angle the cut so that any water drains away from the bud to prevent rotting. If you are cutting a thin branch such as the ones I showed in the second picture, I don't...

Any Photos would help.How high and wide is it now?Whose hedge is it?...... May seem a stupid question but accepting that a neighbour says that a boundary structure whatever it maybe belongs to them, and you can't touch it may be incorrect.As a very general rule, standing at the back door...

Ah yes, put your keys in the fruit bowl and draw lots......... I got a Mk2 cortina!