General Gardening Discussion

I think the current advice is to check when you buy bamboo that it is a clump forming species and not a runner, and as you say walnut if in doubt plant in a container, but it is far too late for these gardens as they are all so established and are running riot in almost every garden, even if I...

Used the link from MF and I now have my first ever cutting and it has taken.

Make sure they are stored in the dark, and that they are kept dry.

Well Kathy3 Im very impressed! What ever your doing, your doing a great job.

S.B.K works pretty well. I think it's cheaper than Roundup.

i think huge confers must be one of those emotive things and can cause neighbour disputes. i know loads of peoples lives have practically been ruined through leylandies (sp?) saw a programme on tv about them a few years back.my view is privacy is priceless and worth almost anything. I want...

I haven't had much luck with my Echinaceas, I have found them very difficult.

Just like normal buddleia then shall have to run down road and beg a cutting fancy doing it as a standard myself wonder if it would suffer a large pot thanks glenw. Fred1935 looks like we could all have a go at this one sorry I put you off with wrong info spongey

Hi Pete, good luck with them.

did it last week and wow they have really bushed out now! thanks dendrobium

thanks for all your advice

I will buy most things cheap if I can, if there is no good reason for it to be expensive. For instance a small cheap plant can be just as good as an expensive one. God doesn't make two lines - basic and luxury.However tools are the one thing that I will not buy cheap. The reason is the metal...

i thought so but they kept asking me to check so eventually i gave in!

Finally dug up the Cornus Kousa as showing no signs of life which after all the rain and sunshine seems hard to believe it wasn't dead. Some signs of green under bottom branches but root system hadn't increased since I bought it. The plant seemed limp so maybe to wet in the garden for it.Had a...

Hi, blue. Most of the Honeysuckles are fragrant except the orange/red Lonicera sempervirens and the L beckrotti.The L americana has strongly perfumed yellow flowers flushed purple, the L caprifolium has highly scented yellow flowers tinted with pink on the outside. The most common one, L...

Thanks for that LOL, I`m sure my daughter will be proud of herself, having bought a popular plant. She has an interest in plants but wouldn`t know a lilly from a weed, bless her cotton socks.

An age-old problem, I reckon! There was a thread recently about poor quality hose fittings, if I remember rightly.Most of these connectors have a small black O-ring inside them which either wears or perishes - that may be the problem. They can be replaced. Or maybe other parts have worn?Some...

good work plotty

Perhaps the trade has realised that CIDPs have reached saturation point and are looking for others to tempt us with, Chamaerops are very cheap now compared to a decade ago. The number of CIDPs imported into the UK over the last ten years must be in the hunderds of thousands. Maybe we will see...

Well Done..!!! Look forward to photos...