General Gardening Discussion

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.

Romford Market ?

Congratulations Nicola and well deserved.

Welcome Paul, Sorry to hear about your greenhouse :(

I would love to have a greenhouse Pete - but its a matter of space. I have a summerhouse, which is has an entire glass front, which is a sort of semi-greenhouse, but its not the same. I think I'll have to have one in my dining room alongside my light box. :D

I,ve had the same problem several times while building my new garden. Leave a pile for just a short time and you are weeding it forever. Solved my problem with half dozen cheap plastic dustbins. They have been used over and over again for topsoil, compost, grit etc... You do need a trolley to...