General Gardening Discussion

strange how mention abroad and people say mozzies well i live 50 yards if that from the bolton/bury canal and if i mention how bad the mozzies are near us people think we are from mars. thats untill they sleep over and leave the window open and get bit to ******y :D mozzies are rife in the...

They are very popular in this area and recommended as a replacement for our beloved but disease and problem ridden native Cornus florida. The pink ones are much harder to get and often times take years in the ground before developing a rich pink color. We have a big collection on the estate I...

Wow thanks thats a great idea and easy to do too, I am really glad that I have a simple answer. Especially as the wet area is at the top of a hill.

Coni what sort of temp do you keep your g/house at? are you planning to grow special flowering plants or annuals, not worth trying to grow annuals in the winter if you are growing sub tropicals or tropicals you need to consider the light available, most plants get drawn and leggy in winter light...

Thanks for the replies! Been rather busy during the summer so not had a lot of time on GC - just a lurk or two!The bidwillii is much as I suspected so I guess it'll just have to overwinter in its greenhouse (10ft. high) for a few years. What can I say - other than it's a challenge!

Hi Digital not seen you for a while, you are quite right the blue ones do best in full sun.

I had to think along way back to when I worked in the bromeliad block at Rochfords in the 60's. We did trials of artificially flowering bromeliads, Achmeas, Vreisias and Billbergias, by placing individual plants in plastic bags with an apple for three days and then removing it. The apples give...

Inter, instead of pellets why not use a liquid control csuch as Slugit? You water it on the plants and soil and is effective for up to 6 months. David.

Berberis or hawthorn would get my vote although hawthorn is more likely to be easyer to get established.

thank you both for your very good replies to my question i will try and save them thanks agaian slim

thanks for replies ... yes its a fair slope .. i did think about the water aspect of it ... but not nutrients so will have a go at putting something back into the soil ... i will do the same with the maderensis in the back border though this is not sloping ,.. just two of the same plants one...

Thank you, I'll get it in and find a nice bright place for it.

The depth of planting is normally reckoned to be 2 to 3 times the height of the bulb of soil above the top of the bulb, except for some which need to be deeper (Tulips say) or shallower (Nerines). It dpeneds on the variety, but the ones in the flower beds going into Minehead are often in flower...

Well the garden has gone a month without sun and looks really good!!!!! The sweet peas are still flowering, the tomatoes in the baskets are still growing and the Dahlias are still blooming though look a little washed out without sun. I think as the sun disappears around the front of house and...

Have you heard about this? http://www.friendshipestates.co.uk/yew-collection/yew-collection.html

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Glad they came good Waco, and they were in the greenhouse mix I think, weren't they?

Peter, I can't find your thread on the Salvia cuttings, so I'll say here that I went and collected the three rootings this morning, thank you very much.Also, I have good news ... the S guaranitica, the Salvia being the discussion of this thread originally, has a mass of little roots on it...

We have problems keeping the Leucojum vernale going. The bulbs just disappear, it could be mice or soil conditions. I can keep the tiny autumn flowering ones in the rock garden and in pots no trouble, other than hundreds of self seeded ones and distinguishing between the bulbs and grass!

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