General Gardening Discussion

Mike I have used T&M for some time the last geraniums I got were well packed rubbish, doing my best to pull them through 2 out of the 12 failed already I have taken pictures as they were when I opened the packages, standards have definitely fallen.

Well that is how cold it gets along the shore but who can afford to live down there? We have extended periods of cold with a lot of icy wind which I think is what does in the Rhodies. There isn't any problem growing what we call 'ironclad' Rhododendrons that are hardy to about -20C. They do...

Thanks but Liz ID'd it in my cardiocrinum giganteum thread. It is this -http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/486.shtml

hi antheasorry for the delay in my reply been busy draining my garden with all the RAIN feel free will give it my best shot and hope your panys are doing ok

I know just how you feel Honey Bee :D BM, your garden is so beautiful and lush , not like my poor neglected patch :rolleyes:

I once had a gunnera, now I have 3. Two are three year old self seeded seedlings and they never get above 2' high. I call them my gunnera minicatas.

Maybe when the other half fits the new tap, I can take the old one (identical) with me to B & Q and try them all for size!Thats the problems usually. In the shop you think its the right fitting, get it home and its not. Ive lost track of how many useless fittings we have brought :rolleyes: ...

Actually, one of my comp pics was a bee in mine ...Fanfare for the Common Bee

Thanks windy I thought my bin would be no good as I didnt have right position in garden for it.Ive been busy gathering up all the stuff to put at the bottom only got small amount of grass, leaves, paper, and egg shells, just now but I will keep adding to it . Who would have thought Id get all...

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I've got a few like that in my alpine bits, blue and yellow ones - they're so pretty. I also have the big, yellow ones that are good for cutting into flower arrangements (with alstomerias and penstemons for example).

I like rosebay willowherb, it can look stunning in drifts. I have loads of poppies in my garden this year - I love them. Another "weed" I like is red/pink/white valerian, it grows out of the shingle around here.I'm told the definition of a weed is a plant that is growing in the wrong place,...

Thankyou Woo,glad you like them [ 01. July 2007, 07:46 AM: Message edited by: Kandyfloss ]

Sounds like you've had an interesting visit PeterS

I was advised to feed my Echium fastuosum cause it was losing leaves - i have to admit I was giving them all a starvation diet cause I thought they grew in rocky places, so i fed them and there has been quite a spurt of growth on the big Echiums. But then I was thinking the rocky places they...

Morning walnut. Do you mean you want to try the Melia or are you referring to my jaunts? I't's too early for me to be thinking logically!

Hi Mac a matter of weeks keep the water level about one and a half to two inches up the cutting.Check the leaves carefully there's a tiny green caterpillar thats the same colour as the leaves and sometimes rests on the leaf veins can cause this sort of damage,If you have a systemic bug killer...

I had a Lady Boothby some years back. Kept it in a 12" pot. It did well in year 1, but hardly flowered in year 2 and 3, and then chucked it out due to lack of space and too many other better fuchsia standards - Checkerboard, Lye's Unique, and Tennessee Waltz to mention just three of the commonly...

This has been a most enlightening thread! thank you all for your comments, I have loved it so much.