General Gardening Discussion

You'll have to number your Hedgies then! I hope my little snufflepig keeps coming back, Ive plenty of slugs for him, lol!

I dont care to be honest if it got rid of a migraine - have done the chinese herb thing, now that's not a nice taste!!

Sorry no, it is stone but just not old, thats what I meant!! Yes its very heavy Could you tell me what the plants are you have growing up behind yours BM? Is it bamboo?

Pears suffer with fungi attacks and some of the blame is host trees that reinfect.

Hi Sweetpea. There are two aspects. Long term and short term.Long term, what Debdrobium said is right. If its clay, you want to improve it as much as you can, by adding lots of organic material, also small 10 ml gravel (agricultural grit is the best - but not so easy to find in bulk), and...

some of mrs grieves modern herbal book is outdated..allthough its an excellent book it should be used with caution..some usefull things for elder are.. flower heads fried in batter "elderflower fritters"..the flowers are also used to make cordial and summer drinks and champagne..if you want to...

Thanks for your advice - I just thought that early stages of decomposing bird might be a problem! But then, when I removed the poor thing it was still in pretty good shape (better anyway than those the cats tend to get a hold of - we have a "wall" of tall conifers in our garden where lots of...

i have planted out my dahlias now that where in the greenhouse. but wild rabbits are munching them. so i have had to put plastic bottles over them for protection for now. until i get chickenwire to put around beds.

It isn't Eccremocarpus but it is a flowering plant of some sort. You might get a nice surprise when it blooms.

Glad to hear it's recovering! Leave it until late Autumn and prune it then. You may find that buds will grow further up the branches as the tree settles down. If you're having hot weather, keep it watered! PS I like your sparkly avatar.

thanks hornbeam... any idea what she can treat them with ?

Yes, just off for a nap now. :rolleyes:

This is what I bought as a "Meconapsis Alba" but in fact i think it is a Blue Himalayan which i longed for years ago but didn't think it would survive in my soil Doesn't it look lovely? ! was really suprised when it flowered

Cheers Poppy33, without being too wet it really is an expression of me so its nice to get positive coments. I have put alot of brain time into visualising it and its nice that others can see what I have had in my head for so long. It felt like a great weight had been lifted when I finally...

Thank you all - in many ways that is a relief - I seem to remember a similar thing happening to the other Hibiscus last year. Anyway at least the plant looks healthy! I cant see any signs of a bug so I've taken your advice Mona Lisa and gievn it a good spray with Fairy liquid. Thank you

I saw mine this morning at about 8am.but if I have to wait till later, I shall be late for work. It has been raining tonight, so I am not sure if it will come back tomorrow.The cine film I took with the digital camera only shows flowers as I was moving the camera so fast trying to film it.No...

Thank you everyone I eventually found my 1st and 2nd requests re.Boarders Thanks soooo much for advice I've printed them off and hotfooting it to buy the materials I need I am even going to take it a step further and take pics so you can see my garden (whoah, now I may be getting carried away...

I'm not sure how much my water butts hold Probably about 50 or 60 gallons, I usually end up refilling with the hose during the summer, but due to the leakage from the victorian water mains that we have in the UK, combined wiyh the overpopulation, I cant this year. I'll just have to use...

Not so sure it would like it up here anyway, but If I came accross one I would be sorely tempted - doesn't take much to tempt me anyway!

Yep, leave them both until autumn/first frost then move the begonia which can be lifted and stored in a cool frost free place overwinter for planting next year. (I'm assuming it's formed a corm)Begonias will also take a bit of hacking when in full growth so if it looks like smothering your...