General Gardening Discussion

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.

I have been out again today picking up yet more leaves and whirly gig things, very cold but enjoyable

I never take any notice of printed calender dates or solstices etc. Wild plants grow, bloom, fruit, seed and go dormant when weather and daylight lengths are right. Observe and follow them and you can't go wrong. Some years we have very early springs and sometimes very late ones. Ditto...

I haven't started building the seating area yet so I could easily incorporate a sunken container at this stage. Perhaps that's the way to go???? mmmmm, eye candy garden helper's going to love me!! The grounds like concrete down there :rolleyes: :D

yea, strongylodon I took heel cuttings too. I've got them in the greenhouse at the moment (although it's unheated...guess wot I want for xmas?) I'll keep u posted.

???? wot's a gremlin????

Hi everyonePlanted these fuchsia's in may in pots, they have done really well all year. I moved them closer to the house around mid october to give them a little shelter as my back garden faces North East and there still going!!!

you can over wrap.......unveiling in spring leaves them very anaemic(???spelling). Last year i basically gathered up the leaves into a spike and tied them half way up with a 2 inch strip of that breathable weed cover fabric... this just left a brown line on the undersise of the leaves.....i am...

Rich,I have grown Mirabilis,mine is the yellow variety with seeds that are black and round,and mine come up like weeds,and that is with no special attention.The tubers are black in colour and look a bit like carrots.I just sow mine in multi purpose compost,water them and just put them on the...