General Gardening Discussion

That was certainly some venture you took on W and what a result. A fantastic garden.

My grandad was a keen gardener and i remember helping, well more hindering him in the garden when i was a child, It must skip a genaration in my family as my dad hated gardening, cut the grass was about it. Have always wanted to have a decent size garden to grow veg and plants. Just bought a new...

Regrettably Dendy the use of water at the RHS this summer was obviously quite considerable and although the river next door continued to flow there was little water to spare. The area is also surrounded by golf course including the new one at Wisley and many of them do not have a spring or other...

Thankyou strongylodon.I did give it a good drink when i got home cos it was as dry as a bone but will be carefull not to drown it with love.

good advice T G thats how i done mine for years.

I started out looking for software, that mainly had a dictionary of plants. I never really found one. Many appeared to have a lot of plants, but once you eliminated trees, plants over 6 foot and under 6 inches, there were very few left over. And I never did find Artic Bramble on sale in the...

The same happened with mine. Lovely leaves but no flower bud. I've done the same as you Frogesque and cut back the leaves. Doubt if I'll get any flowers this winter but I won't give up on them. I've just bought a new one and am awaiting growth. They're amazing bulbs and so rewarding when...

Thanks Waco - yes thats the one. I have never had much success with it. It doesn't like being trampled on either. I did it one year, and it survived, but when I did it the second year it didn't survive. :D

I've bookmarked that to read later - ta, Nick! Yes, I DO see why tissue culture is desirable! :rolleyes:

Another site to take a look at to identify your rose.http://www.pbase.com/yvonneii/allroses&page=1

Congrats on kicking the weed Paladin, & Mrs Pal too!! You'll have a small fortune stashed before you know it and then you can blow it on enjoying yourselves.Sorry to see you're off work again. Hope you're feeling better soon.

Try Mahonia member of the barberry family in flower now through winter, nice smell, berries late spring they are poisonous but birds love them cat proof

There is a thread about them, I think in "Other Plants" If you do a search you should find it. I'll have a look just now and see if I can put up a link to it.I found there are quite a few, but this is the one I was thinking...

Sorry Dend, I can be certain it is not.

Ta for that, U2bg! How are things in Livingston? I got my new dog Charlie from nearby - West Calder!

Just potted up my Sweet Peas today in a hanging basket, first time for that!They do better here in the Spring than the Summer so I have to do them early.Thanks for that tip, Dendro, about pinching them out as they start ... hopefully I'll have some nice pics in a couple of months to show!

Willow fedges are available commercially though I forget where. Web search should do the trick. Beware with willow the magnificent number of debilitating diseases that they fall prey to. As far as I understand stress is one major determinant of the onset of these diseases so using them for...

Thanks for the info geoff, i have got fleece just incase its need and just purchased a parasene heater. If need be i will bring them indoors like i did last year with my first lots of seeds i sowed.

Fantastic,thanks whis4ey,loved the music too.

oh my!!!what a wonderful sight, specially when its raining and you need to shelter from the rain. I can imagine myself walking around the garden with one of the leaves over my head. I think I will treat myself to one of those.ha.