General Gardening Discussion

Alas, poor blueberry :( :( Are you going to give it a good send off??? :D

thank you my friend ill have a look

Nice storys - makes up for some of the carnage on the roads. Well done both of you.

Roll on March!!

:rolleyes: :D

:DDidn't know that about cupressus sempervirens! Mental note to self.... :rolleyes:Have now googled on this, and come up with a lovely pciture! http://sphakia.classics.ox.ac.uk/FMPro?-DB=WebSphakiaPhotoLink&-Format=showphoto.html&OverallPhotoID==09.034&-Find [ 29. October 2006,...

I am so sorry Roseman yes and at this tiem of year can make it worse.It was hard loosing my parents beginning of the year but loose my brother and birth family wiped out it really did hurt me as I was still greiving my parents loss.We all have a lovley memories close to our heart and they...

ScotKat here is the name above for the place to buy cyclmen plants.Hope you find it useful

Yes they are the same! Although some people only refer to the ones you get in ponds as flags, not the others. And definitely you can still get them. On googling, this list came up http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=flag+iris&btnG=Search&meta=cr%3DcountryUK%7CcountryGBBTW, the Iris...

The Birds get a good feast all winter plenty berries for them.

the ones in the first post here, Roders, guinee and golden showers...... I don't know, observation skills not too good today?? :rolleyes: :D

Clean off the pulp under running water first.Soak the seeds overnight and plant in a peat-sand mix or any good sowing mix. If you start them now indoor, will have a longer growing season, getting a bigger tuber at the end of the first season. Not all seeds will germinate the first year, however....

Thanks again Pal, thats exactly what I'll do then :D

Chobart, if you are getting rid of a few tubers, why not put them on exchanges. I would sure love a couple.

I did the bag idea with bindweed. It worked but took several weeks and it hasn't come back (yet).The other thing you can do with round up to stop it splashing on plants below is to paint it on, but if there is a lot of ivy it can be rather time consuming.I tend to use a sprayer providing...

The only problem is that you may be committed to hiring the thing on a totally unsuitable day for doing the work. Not such a problem with a shredder, but a real pain with scarifiers, rotavators, etc.

Gogs - thats a lot. They must look lovely. As Fran said it would be nice to see some pictures. And also which do you like best and why.

Very nice! I can assure you, mine are neglected Kandy as I don't do anything to the rockery except remove the odd weed or two!Must admit, Waco, haven't planted the wonderful orange poppies yet as this summer has been a bit stressful and it was always one of the things I was going to do! :D ...

What an amazing site, gotta give it a go. If I remember to go back there....

you will get a lot of pleasure from the wildflowers Hornbeam has some lovely ones up in this section..you can also research the folklore for some of them if you need any help just shout..Wildflowers /herbs are fascinating and a lot of them are also usefull..they are our heritage and should be...