General Gardening Discussion

Thank you Kedi and Walnut I will do exactly as you say,Many thanks

One would not imagine that you can get "indigo blue" dye from this plant...

Thank you for the reminders Mira.Dont forget to buy you crackers

and not only the dry ones, i think. Sometimes I had some fresh flowers lasting for a very longtime yes, but releasing different colours in the water...

Thanks all, kind of what i suspected. Once i had thought about it i was kind of thinking along the lines of PeterS. It is more like a moring dew. Also i do ventilate it and it does dry up quite quickly.

Has been updated !Go on, take a look ?

Hi Janes and welcome, I know that up to 3 years ago they were still being sold, so you should ask at your nearest independent garden centre, they are more likely to help you than one of the multiples. David.

Many thanks everyone for your kind words.borrowers - this is a picture of the back garden. Not the best photo as it was taken through a window. But it gives an idea. The same sort of style of perennials and gravel. Very simple, and pretty low maintenance.

That's OK mira - when we were out there Mrs shiney wore hers on the right :D :D - maybe she was trying to tell me something

Hi Pip sorry I missed this thread the first time round,just looking through and found it!Just wanted to say what a lovely garden the last owner has left for you I'm sure you will enjoy it next year...that's if we have a summer next year! :D Helen.xxx.

my production...(although they are in Italy at the moment)1)Chrysanthemum, if I remember right...(I clearly remember though that it grew unbelievably slowly) 2)plumeria my beautiful...

raven, if had that i,my husband & dog would run, albeit slowly, round that garden! what are you going to do with it? it's lovely. i would want it as is, just to enjoy it. run! keep it up & let us know with pics etc how you're getting on.

You're quite right about Dobbies (yes, Barlborough). Almost impossible to find things, the staff try but it's so big.I know Spring Bank also, bought from there before.

Ok I'll put it outside, not that there's much left of her. Thanks for all your help, I've tried everywhere for advice!!!the other reason I keep plants inside is they get eaten by slugs and I've tried everything to stop em ( egg shells, garlic, onion, beer traps, fir tree needles, coffee...

:D I know! I've been looking through all the other seeds I've collected this year too and told Mr Mac we're definately going to need to do something! We only have a town garden, and not enough room for a green house!

I dont know really either, but I do know they have a very extensive root system, I dug mine out years ago but the roots under my pond liner are still alive and throw up the occasional sucker. I think if the house foundation is in good order there is probably no real problem. Problems occur with...

I have one of these plants, but have never split it. However I would imagine that spring would be the best time to do it since if you did it now you would spoil the flowering display.Same would apply (with exceptions) to other autumn flowering perennials.Hope this helps

Hi TeaTree. Just thinking about my last post. I didn't mean to be rude or condescending when I said you should be doing your own. You are very welcome to a copy of my spreadsheet. However I found that the act of doing the research was really more valuable than the finished taxonomic tree.

I would concur with geofs advice.To qualify if your desperate to get started then glyphosate will kill off the majority of weeds if you act fast within the next couple of weeks but remember that any bind weed is certainly slowing down and is unlikely to be efectivly killed until a spring...

Edward, are you trying to start world war 3? :( :D