General Gardening Discussion

I think I am the GC member that you are thinking about Liz, I have it every where.The recent weather has brought it on hugely and with me letting my yard get on with it (again due to the weather) this year, it has popped up all over the place.

Experience tells me that you need to try lots of different plants in order to help select those which look right. I constantly make mistakes by not staking things or using Poppies for early colour when I know they will take over too much space. My dream is to have lots of floweres which will...

Yes I'de just wipe them off and keep an eye out, I regularly clean my house plants cos they don't half pick up the dust!

Welcome HenryW hope you enjoy your time in the forums. Helen.xxx.

Would these rhyzome be a good size plant?Or is this a daft thing to ask lol.

Thanks guys. Cajary gets my vote - my soil is naturally sandy but I have a friends whose is clay - I'll pop it in a compost bag and take it over net time. Stingo I do the same with general use compost or Innes 2 or 3.

[Hi Leonie, I've managed to grow quite a few clematis over the years and have never dead headed any of them. You should get a lovely seed head in place of the flower when it's finished. Nelly Moser QUOTE]Originally posted by Leonie: We have a nice purple-flowered clematis which seems to be...

If possible humulus you could try layering, but thats providing you can pull the shoots down to ground level. Its just an idea, but a cutting rooted this year would grow like a rocket next year if fed and watered and kept to a single stem.

Oh dear - I guess I should have read up on that first then - I haven't counted how many have come through but it could be far too many for my garden!

I recall a gardener saying that RHC is not needed. He or she, I can't remember now, never used it and had no problem. This is only one opinion of course, others may swear by it!

hi Thanks very much for your help..i will leave the laurel until autumn then..but think i will get the maple now.Thankyou very much both.

Thanks for that Liz,Was wondering the same thing as Mike

Hi Lilacfox & Welcome. For a plant.. Have you tried here at Burncoose. They have the variety "striata" listed as in stock.. Give them a try.. http://www.burncoose.co.uk/catlg.cfm?plant=CISSUSOrrrrrrrrrr if you are feeling brave. You can buy seeds for Cissuss...

Hi i just wanted to show the t rex mallisa so kindly gave to me about 6 weeks ago.The progress is comming on great.Can anybody advise me on what to do for overwintering please.thanks..daz

Hi Liz, I have this Buddleja weyeriana 'Moonlight' as a cutting from a Lady Sombody-or-Other's garden (my sister was a tenant on her estate and a bit fell in my pocket as I brushed by). I took more cuttings this spring and they all 'took' and are very vigorous, more so than the davidii cuttings...

I quite fancy one of those Euphorbias and it would probably be a perennail here.OogieBoogie, baby's breath is Gypsophilia, the lovely billowy shrub which comes in white or pink. I've tried twice with it here and can't get it to grow ... actually, come to think of it, I had no luck with it in...

Yes they are an eyesore, but why are people complaining about them being dangerous? Did you never do anything dangerous as a kid? I know i sure did, climbing trees and stuff.

I have at last found just two leaves with some sign of living things! These are highly magnified photos, the tiny 'bug' is no more than 2mm long, and the tiny collection of 'eggs' are about 0.5mm and shiny copper coloured. By the leaf vein are some other kind of 'eggs'. Ican...

Wow, that's amazing! :eek: Nice one Miraflores x

This is my first attempt at aquilegias.I think these are summer bonnet but i have a packet of Mckana giants unopened if anyone wants em.I`ve no clue as to where i`m gonna put them for next yr.Maybe dig a circle in mr.fiz`s lawn??