General Gardening Discussion

Hi Kf. No My Feathers are just Itchy sometimes, I should be allright But i will have to watch my big eyes though. :D

That's a nice view BM, some very plush plants.

The picture shows them to be quite healthy but I would reccomend some compost cover for now with perhaps a bit of general fertiliser - they are very hardy and rewarding plants

Hey, pete, maybe we are at crossroads here ... I meant they grow wild in IoW.

I bought one for my mum, and one for me two or three winters ago. Her birthday is on Christmas Eve, and it claims to flower on Christmas day (thus, I suspect the name!) so I thought it would be a special pressie! It hasn't let her down! The first year, it had one or two flowers (as it did in...

C. stans does not have blue flowers to my knowledge, they are white with a blue tinge. I reckon you need very good colour discrimonation to see that though. Do not buy C r. purpurea unseen, there are some poor colour versions grown from seed. A Nursery called Aulden Farm nursery near Leominster...

Thanks both, have gone and tied them to stop the wind ripping them to bits.

I think they go under the name Eustoma now.

Thankyou Dendy you must have been really busy today and taking good advantage of the lovley weather.Looking forward to seeing the clematis grow from seed I have never done this or taken tip cuttings so a nice challenge.Certainly was with us.

Excellent - many thanks. My neighbour told me to hang them like onions but that didn't sound right!!

Interesting,I have lots of blackbirds in my garden but haven't noticed them at the crocus

Agree with Palustris.I certainly wouldn't do the setting fire trick to it just now, but I do know various people who do this to their established plants, and thy thrive, I have to say! I just do what I mentioned, cut it down with hedge trimmers every few years.

Lovely picture! I found some yellow ones growing on my compost heap Friday allong with some Cyclamen and sprouting clematis.

:D :D This sounds like it could be more interesting by the minute,Palustrus. I wonder if I will get something different come up amongst them... This is of course assuming I will get any to germinate.... I shall follow your instructions & we shall see what happens.... Who knows I may be...

Spring is springing!!! I can't say has sprung - not here, anyway! But some little daffs were so close to it yesterday, that they may well be out as I type! Camera will go everywhere with me today! :DBTW, does anyone like the pink ones? I haven't yet found anyone who does.....

Not sure if you saw this HBthey still havn't got to the surface yet.

Hi, Carolla and welcome! :DWe found the busy lizzies disappointing last year, but the petunias were great!

Don't really know if I have a favourite flower???? probably a bit too soon to choose! :rolleyes: I have a soft-spot for Aquilegias as my Grandad always grew them ( not that I've got any in my garden - yet!) I suppose my favourite of the moment would be Passiflora - so intricate and intriguing...

Have a similar problem with the added 'bonus' of the sun when it goes round draws the plants to it hence everything grows at 45 degrees to the perpendicular. Acanthus and other tap-rooters are good as are the 'cranesbills'. I do try to water now and again but being on sand the water goes...

Thats a lovely welcome sight its good to see the plants coming back to life..