General Gardening Discussion

regular cutting will encourage tillering ,side shoots ,so yes it should thicken up ,cut weekly ,a little and often is better than reducing length by say 50% once a month

Hello Polyanne, I think John means a water moisture barrier between the soil and the wall. If the wall is only 4 or 500mm high then You may not get water damage. If you're concerned then dig out a narrow trench of soil along the wall but not too near it, say about 300mm and fill the bottom...

Hi, It isn't so much a matter of pruning hard as pruning the right bits to encourage flowers! Here is the RHS advice: http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0605/wisteria.asp Yours seems to be doing really well so far- regular pruning as the article advises should ensure lots of flowers.

On the front cover of this weeks Amateur Magazine dated May 26th there is a free packet of Mr Fothergills Swan River Daisy-'White Splendour'Inside there is on page 25 a free packet of Phostrogen 'SwellGel' water storing Crystals.Also there are two tokens to cut out on the same page for 50p...

Right, so I got it wrong, sorry. :D Again I think it depends on the plant and what it is, as I said earlier it definitely starts a new root system on toms, but I dont think I would do it, say, with a pelargonium, unless I was feeling lucky. The old clematis chestnut eh, think its...

Yes, according to Google there are several plants with the name. Agapanthus, Grass, Orchid, Iris and a few others.

i cant believe i repotted it, i was afraid to do it a few weeks ago, piece of cake now! I guess pricking out the geraniums gave me the confidence! they are outside now in plug trays & are doing great!

Evening, pip. All I can say is, if yours is truly a red Jasmine, may I please have a cutting as I don't like the white against my white walls!

MIL has done it up here too, and I'm about to!

garden too small for it. thats kinda the point really. thanks!!!

That is beautifil palustris, I have the pale blue one but yours is stunning.

Just to let you know, I tried the cds - the birds seemed to be admiring their reflections as they vandalised the hanging baskets. My printer ( a new Epson!) is already refusing to print magenta ....but maybe a picture of Anne Robinson with green hair might do the trick. Cat's too fat to bother...

well roders i`m feeling better today, just looked at my wisteria and its starting to flower :D

Sesbania syn Daubentonia. Luguminosae/papilionaceaUnfortunately it is tender - but it is a gorgious tree/shrub. I brought some seed back from Florida - geminated and grew on in the greenhouse. When it grew to big for the greenhouse I overwintered it on the patio and then put it in the border -...

Artichokes plants look as beautiful...and can be veeery big !

Great photos HA - such pretty flowers. The Lizard Orchid is fascinating - Ive never seen anything like it before

Thanks Pete I'll put them out next month.

If its Dorset I am wondering whether it clay over chalk or limestone, in which case you would need one heck of a lot of flowers of sulphate to turn it acid. If you sink the pots in the ground then some alkaline soil water will get in the pots. The only answer is a raised bed, that is filled with...

Done the same when i dug mine, bricks are the answer, my plants are in quite large pots. so the bricks do not stick past the pots, just in case the fish get spooked and bump into them.

Hi Red, it all depends on what type of Chrysanth you are growing. If it`s a spray then pinch it out, but if you are growing a big flowered type then you need to limit the number of shoots it produces. David.