General Gardening Discussion

I use this: Dymo It is a bit cumbersome but I find the labels really last.

It may have been pruned a bit early. It's recommended you leave the old seed heads on until April - May to give some protection.

Pinch out the Morning glories which have gottwo lots of real leaves and plant them in their pot. You can always cover them with fleece if there's a sudden frost. They don't need the propagator now, just lots of light. I really think they'd be better outside as the ones at the front are getting...

Lots of other plants have sap thats an irritant too, but only if sensitive to those sorts of things. Agave is'nt on my list of poisonous plants though! you might get stabbed to death!!

Day lilies usualy flower in June as dalbuie says, but my frans hals stayed evergreen this winter and I have 10 flower stalks on it, which will start opening in the next few weeks!

Glad to hear your feeling better.

Hi Walnut, I purposely shear off the new growth after the color fades, to keep it very low. So I really grow it for the foliage color and not the flowers. It often gives me a second flush of the new growth which looks nice amongst some Dwarf Pieris and perennials. One garden I manage has about...

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Hi Peter,Thanks for answering all of my questions!!! :DSo it's okay to put them in the mini-greenhouse now? I suppose they must be strong enough. I will take on the tip about more compost and add some this weeknd. At least they look normal! *phew*GillyP :D

Thanks WG, I have a new hideout thread for 2007 too http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=002889

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They should be OK. I would put them in the ground, or repot them, but leave them for a week or 10 days before cutting back. If you do both at the same time you are giving them a double dose of stress.There are some annual Osteospermums species, but I think that the ones you generally see on...

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.