General Gardening Discussion

Bunyard Exhibition can grow to excess of 4' if sown early !

Hi, sanuka, and welcome to GC.It is definitely NOT an Osteo ... my garden is full of them .. it's either a Chrysanth or an Argy ... and both give you agro here! Probably the former rather than the latter.I was just outside of Thame when I lived there.

Don't know I'm part of the college but I do my course at Ness Botanic gardens, but have to sit my 2 RHS exams at the college in Feb and June next yr. Did my hanging basket practical at the college garden centre before Xmas.

Thanks people

My gladioli bulbs in the ground are coming through already!

My lad has strawberries raspberries and tumbling tomatoes, but they never get as far as a plate!! just to the tap to be washed then they're gone!

Where I live top soil and bark exc is sold at DIY merchants as well as garden centres. Merchants where they sell paving.

Am hoping to grow herbs in an old pot Belfast/ Butlers sink, any suggestions on best kind of compost to use? I understand herbs do best if the soil/compost is not too fertile.

hello there is a product that will stop your lawns and hedges from growing till next spring called hedge rest. from Peservices ltd01686627319

Hi MefI bought a 'no tangle no kink' hose last year for �£19.99 by mail order but I wouldn't recommend them. It tangled and kinked and was a real pain. I've just bought an 80ft one on a reel which has a handle to re-wind. Although you have to take the trouble to wind it back in, at least it...

Glad to be of help.Feel free to leave comments on the blog site.I try and leave an update on Sundays , there's always something going on!

Welcome lolopoI used to live in Rugby, and just spotted your Cov signature,If you need any help, let us know.Best thing for the birds is to provide a good and constant variety of seed / nuts / fat balls , as well as a water bath.

I used bark chippings on top of weed prevention fabric.

I tried cuttings with the ones in my parents' garden. 100% failure! :( Hope you have better luck.

You can prune Forsythia as hard as you choose, but do it as soon as it has finished flowering. It flowers mext year on brnaches it grows from now onwards. We have a really good display from one which was cut down to 12 inches from the ground last year.

not sure but all the ones around it were singles, i bought one with no flowers on but plenty of buds so i get a surprise as to what the colour is! it was in the indoor plants section thats why i bought it, surely i can keep it small enough if i let it get pot bound? i might do that with a yukka,...

Have you tried B&Q or homebase? if not go to B&Q and buy a piece of black pipe and get some moss and wrap it round yourself tying on with wire. Hope that's some help.

Hi awizzbang, I have a well established one trained to a trelis. Previously had one in the garden just tied to a stake. Found that it couldn't taks very satrong winds and was easily uprooted. The trelissed one though is doing fine. Cheers, John

Thanks, pete, will look out to buy it as I think it's lovely.

A bumblebee has taken up home in one of our bluetit boxes. I'd placed some dry moss in it in early spring to encourage the birds, but they are too late now - the house is occupied!