General Gardening Discussion

Invest in a few packets of seed and pull up as many as you can of the ones you don't like. They will cross pollinate eventually, but they are perennials so the same plants will come up each year for some time.

Windy - You've done a great job.I'm just glad you're enjoying the gardening, and thanks too for your generous comments.Regular watering in the early stages does; I'm told, reduce the risk of the scab disease.All the best.

Oh I didn't realise its not got here yet, or maybe it has. http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/pestnote/camellia.htm

Sorry, I've only now come across this thread. The Lady Orchid and the Monkey Orchid are real eye-catchers but I bet a lot of us would walk by without noticing them. The off-spring are very attractive too. Thanks for showing them to us Hyla.

some plants are shy of flowering, so safer to buy in flower.

I'll second that azadaman. Best get a small area beefed up with well rotted stuff. I have just dug in the contents of one of my composters. Good stuff!

LOL dont blam you mate.May have to put hammock on hold mate its going to pee it down at the weekend...daz

I have tried growing it free standing, ie. without wall protection. Although it survives OK, I found it late into growth, fairly slow and unlikely to flower much if at all.Perhaps someone can prove me wrong, I hope so.Its a pity as I did see one particular plant while on holiday one year and...

Brilliant job well done Linlin Lovely big garden you have there

It`s the tidyness of it that bugs me most. :D

Found another drain cover!! Still needs a bit of digging out but I'm glad I brought in a man and van coz it would have taken ages else!!Excited about the possibility of a veg patch in time! Better get cracking!!

Got "Gardeners' World" Cottage Garden, The Small garden guide yesterday. It is dated 1982 and in this Geoff is certainly not organic but he won't kill off the worms that make casts on the lawn and after using herbicide twice on a new patch he plants a wild flower garden so you can see his road...

Could be right gandygardener, it is watered regularly but it does sit in an area were the wind whips right over the top of it.

Evening, JarBax, mine don't survive MY winters in the pots but grow wild. I'm at a loss ... don't say a word, roders!On the other hand, English lavender thrives by me .. must be a heritage thingy!

Thanks, I'll try to be patient. (No other option really!)

Hello, lapod, lucky you ... both with the hebe and the robin families!

Sorry Mrs Bobs, all gone !

Hi All, just digging the garden over as we are re turfing it. Its very chalky. I was told that turf does well on sharp sand, so was thinking of doing that. What do you think? I can put a picture on later if needed. Thanks

I'll have to get friendly with the neighbours then. After a border dispute with one of them that went on for months I've been put off from attempting to befriend the other side. I could always put an ad in the local shop window and see if a kid wants a bit of extra pocket money for a couple weeks.

I use a little knife thing that you shove through the root under ground, and if you keep doing it, it will discourage the dandelion eventually, since it can't photosynthesise.http://www.organiccatalog.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=57_216&products_id=1952It's a pain, but it works, and it...