General Gardening Discussion

Thanks Kf Will do as you advise.

I dont have cats or dogs yet - but the girlfriend is continually working on that ! However I look after foreign students - all ages but generally those who want to pay a little extra for a nice house which is safe etc -- must say the plants are a very quick way to make thigs look a dam site...

Thank you all so much for this great advice, I will do it! I do have a circuit breaker. Have been pondering this for weeks, I'm most grateful.

Hi Rich, what is the flowering red/orange plant in the foreground of the 4th pic down? the one on the edge of the pond?

Thanks Rumple. It shouldn't have dried out as I was watering frantically in the Summer! Great if you have some seeds though.

Indeed I shall Windy. The trouble is that the Acanthus is a big spreader as well, sometimes the flowers have been over 6ft. which is great until they start to flop over. I never knew that it would self seed until it was too late so I have to dig out regularly............

Fritilaria, the snakes head ones. My next door neigbour had hundreds of them growing in her meadow.camassia,and if you can afford it dactylorhiza.

I was going to have a go at growing from cuttings in the conservatory. Do you also prune hard this time of year?

And maybe don't feed it next year, then (if at all) only once a year. A bit of a lean diet may well coax some blooms onto it. Mine is still flowering well, I never feed it and it is surrounded by grass (it grows up a dead Cherry).Can't help on the hedging idea though for no rational reason it...

Loads thanks Roders but they are .com not a uk site.

Homebase are selling them off cheap at the mo - but be quick!!

Hi all. I am just about to go out and sort out my potted cordylines. Two years ago we had strong winds and rain and it ruined the leaves. What I find best is this... Tie up the leaves with garden twine, wrap once or twice with hessian or gardener fleece, NOT bubble wrap, as you need to allow the...

Just had mail been help up with polytunnel going up.Also they have ben looking for a cheap source of daffodil bulbs,but when they get shall get a call to help plant at least I am going to soon be involved so pleased.Its a misserable wet day here.

Fantastic stuff DaveP I really like my Tara and didn't want to cut it down while it still looks so healthy. I live over the hill from the sea, so although windy my garden doesn't get many frosts and those we do are very short lived. So glad i hadn't already hacked it down!! Will just...

Makes sense to answer questions that way, TG - why keep re-inventing the wheel? :D

I have put this bit of research I did on it into my website; http://tinyurl.com/y776vsIn practice I find hoeing the tops off the young shoots as they appear and increasing the pH of the soil helps. i.e. it seem to grow more prolific on acid soils.So applying lime to the area can help.Thats...

Yes it does, thanks very much

Right down to the ground - it shoots from the base each year.

Sorry to hear this Pete!

you're welcome :D