General Gardening Discussion

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...

Ooops - hit quote instead of edit, sorry guys...

ty all, will try now and again in oct.

Thanks Liz - mum is not much better I'm afraid. She's had nausea for months and been off her food causing her depression. They can't find anything wrong in all the tests they've done - which doesn't help. She's agreed to have some counselling so maybe that will help. Don't know how dad's coping....

Yes, I do the same as you, Liz.

Geoff, it is stunning and a real eye-catcher! Hope you will post another pic when the other two start blooming so we'll see all three together.

Same here Liz - Jasmine beesianum

Thanks for all your kind adviceI shall take a piccy and get it here soon Marge ,on the pets piccy section of course

Th is is how the garden looked this time last year

Change of plan, got up too late but thanks for your advice and we are def going later in the week.

You have your priorities right TO,