General Gardening Discussion

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.

Ah now there you had me thinking that was a Gardening Discounts site - but it's much more general.I have had some excellent feedback on the idea of a site aimed specifically at Gardeners and Landscapers so watch this space!Take carePaul

Carol KleinMy tomatoes are teeny tiny still! We're using the basil I sowed daily, and I'm giving pots of it away! Brilliant idea having the cucumber inside the house. Now, if I can just get the Asst Est Mgr to move one of his motorcycles out of the sitting room I might have room for a...

I posted a pic of mine a couple of days ago in the "whats buzzing around" thread on the 16th, sat in a faded bloom of rose Calypso. It caught a bee not long after I took the pic. Cheers MIKE

Can you take it back for a replacement?. Cos I worry a bit that even if it settles and survives, that it will not reflower in time for her birthday?

It would be great if I could pop them out in the garden when they've done their Christmas thing - it's not me who's the lucky Lady! :D

They always seem to me to be the sort of plant that seeds itself in the most unexpected places, cracks in walls etc. But give them a good home and they will die out. I think they like to struggle a bit.

cool,thankyou all. jjdecay.

Thanks for that ,you have been a great help!

I love those old books. The suggestions of then would be totally ourageous now. One of my old books from the 1920's suggests using hemp as a boundary screen? Can't see that going down well these days, especially if I could keep it for very long with all the uni students around. :D

jarbax, green roof's are becoming quite popular at the mo, Sheffield is becoming a bit of a hotspot too. there is a sedum roof on a school nearby, as well as on the local city farm and a newly built garage block for some appartments, all within a mile or 2 of me. Sheffield university have been...

I actually got the structure wrong with my 'know it all' answer!! There are actually 2 amine groups one either side of the methyl group on toluene. But yes I wouldn't like to handle the stuff without protection.