General Gardening Discussion

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!

I planted some for my g-daughter, didn't bother soaking them and they all came up in just over a week. All the best

Wow - I love the Cosmic Garden link, JarBax, really awesome!

:eek: .... Thank you jjordie...We love that!

I think Yaks are small, I have one in a raised bed, its been there for about 12yrs and its still only 4ft tall.

great thanks for the info didnt realise they can take that long to germinate like to see a pic so i dont upset the plant to much thanks again. :D

Try putting a length of shoot in water and see if you can get roots that way.I have a few of those plants.Don't know why they are called money trees as I have never had any money growing on them :(

I couple of years ago I looked out of the window to see a squirrel eating what turned out to be the last strawberry as he had polished off all the rest. I ran to chase him and he was so stuffed he could hardly move. So your cage is a brilliant idea.

I also want terrecota pots but not to paint them I want to put them on our new decking with lavendar and geraniums in them.

My amaryllis is in flower right now. I bought it as one of those gift sets in a pound shop and it's been a reet good'n ever since! In fact, it's had several babbies and they're now flowering as well but all still tucked up in the same pot - though not, I hasten to add - the original!

Most of this seasons plants supplied in garden centre and are cultivated to ensure they are a good size for sale in Feb, March and April. Therefore they all need protection from frost, and then hardening off before planting.However older plants, like the herbacious perrenials and roses etc...