General Gardening Discussion

I obviously can testify to a lot of the "annuals" actually being tender perennials. My Lobelia can be a bit "hit and miss" on surviving, usually "miss"! :D However, my Alyssum maritinum done from seed a few years ago is still blooming now as are my begonias.On the other hand, I have had...

BTW - thanks for that, Peter! Pity it wasn't a useful answer, though! There was one time when I was in a section, and a new-comer posted, I answered, she got it and thanked me, all within 5 minutes!! Is this a record?

thanks for the help i'll try and keep the seedlings heated lol thanks.

Thank you again Dendrobium and also to Waco, Palustris and Lady of Leisure, for your info. and observations, all most helpful.

I'd water it first then!

That's a lovely compliment!! Thank you! :DWithout the kind people who trained me a few years ago after I had a breakdown, I wouldn't know either - so thank them!!

My first attempt with overwintering cannas I was given totally different advice - fortunately they survived it! I won't tell you what it was, as it's NOT the best routine, involving keeping them damp.... :eek:Here's the Hart Canna link to the cultivation page - excellent...

It's not mentioned on the BBC site or on Amazon, r200, but if you follow this link, you can get some useful info here http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/how_to_be_a_gardener/The books are good too, as are all the Titchmarsh books, although I've been told that he doesn't actually write them...

The old stems and seedheads look fantastic when frost comes, again assuming it's probaly Autumn joy.I totally agree with Jazid on this one - a great plant, even though designers like it! :D

Expensive like that though. All I do is mix ordinary Roundup with a wallpaper paste and paint that on instead, much cheaper!

It looks fantastic, Rich!T'other half's lime tree is now recouperated from a curly leaf symdrone and looks great and my ruby grapefruit is doing well in it's first year (with me). Do you expect to get fruit?By the way, the Bilbegia has rooted and is doing exceptionally well, thank you! Not...

When I first came here - I found tall yellow and red single tulips. Not knowing that tulips should be lifted, I let em bide. They were in a reasonably sheltered spot in cultivated clay - came up year after year, even crossed to provide me with some interesting yellow and red colour combinations....

i managed to cut through a wasp nest in the headge i was cutting and stapped myself with a screw driver trying to clean the lawn mower blades never used a screw drive for this again lol

i would guess that it is water damage to your leaves caused by water on leaf and being dried with sunlight!

The other possibility is that your health problems are associated with the damp conditions that encourage the fungi, so its the climatic conditions rather than the fungus. I tend to suffer from congestion and I tend to be more chesty when it gets damp and cool. As a child my mother was advised...

Hello all, I'm sorry that this update is a bit later than usual but I have only just recovered from staying up to watch Children in Need on Friday night, what a great event for such a good cause, regards Steve.http://www.myallotments.blogspot.com

Me please!!! And Grandma is banned from watering....

And, Zanthedescia aethiopica. What a beautiful elegant plant.

hi there Stingo, I planted one last year and it's nothing to look at in summer, but at the moment it looks fantastic...lovely red stems certainly brighten the garden up. good luck with yours

You could always rig up a temporary cold frame over them to protect them from the worst of the weather.