General Gardening Discussion

A member of Bath freecycle is looking for the white 'propapak' ones, made of the white expanding polystyrene used for packaging- he can't find them anywhere and the ones he has are crumbling.

I hope the trellis is big and strong, cos C. montana can get BIG. One of ours is now at the top of a 25 foot tall tree as well as covering the Summer house (12 by 8) roof. Also that depth of soil is a little shallow for Clematis (in fact a lottle shallow). They really do need a deep root run to...

More feasts in store then! I've been watching the bushes round here. One day soon they'll all disappear except for the 'blind' ones. I still haven't worked out how the squirrels know, perhaps it's weight as they are dumped on the ground without a hole.

Its a good one, you can see the layers formed by the new flushes of fronds. Could that be the cones forming in the centre?Dwarfing the BOP. :D

Lovely ideas, thank you. The Delosperma cooperi will be ideal in another area that is going to have a tall wall, I've seen lots of gardens around here that have something similar/same so it must do well. I think a cotoneaster will be perfect for the flower bed, now just to choose which one!

Lady of Leisure so love the colour of Lutos. You can but the plants here but I have never grown.Can imagine a splash of colour. [ 15. August 2006, 07:30 PM: Message edited by: Scotkat ]

Juliet. I think sedum is a really tough plant and could probably be divided at any time. But as the others have said it is probably best after flowering in autumn, or in the spring.However there is nothing to stop you taking some cuttings. I took some earlier this year and they are all...

I have seen problems in a few areas, only one of which I can categorically state comes from the bark, but once I started thinking about this possible transmission route I also noticed the new arrival of symptoms sometimes corresponds with the application of the mulch. I now only use pure bark -...

Hi Rich! Welcome back to GC - Co Durham is a great area isn't it? As for the rain, since the heatwave subsided it has hardly stopped!Look forward to some pics of your world tour.

I've not grown it myself, so I go along with what Fran says, try pollenating it by hand. Try crossing it with the pollen from the caerulea. Just a thought but why do you want the fruit? Once the fruit start to form they tend to slow down the flowering.

Ain't it just!

Hi Plotty, What kind of pumpkin is Daniel growing? I too have been given a mixed bag of dahlia's. I have planted them and I cannot wait until next year to see what type of flowers they give me. Well done for such a good blog.

Nice one Windy,morning to you

It was really interesting and taught me loads. My 6yr old watched it with me and is now asking if we can have a herb patch. Wished I'd recorded it for reference. Thanks Hornbeam, might have missed it if you hadn't posted

Hi Krafty - that does not look good. It could be a virus - but whatever, I would remove it away from the others. If it was me, I would destroy it - just to safeguard the others - but putting it in a pot in another part of the garden and observing may be an option.

Welcome Platti - as well as all the very good suggestions if you use the search facility of this forum - you can find pictures of colour in the garden for every month of the year in the Beginners Section. Check out January Garden Colour, and so on.

She has been blowing in the wind today really needs a new stake.At least this gives you an idea of Gloire de Versailles.

landscapejuicer..your sunflowers are really lovely and its a awesome photo.. :D

I forgot about C. heraclifolia. We had Wyvale somewhere, but it may be one of the drought victims this year.

If it`s a dog then you`ll have problems getting him to go in one place as he`ll naturally want to mark his territory.As Liz said it`s the massive over fert that causes the damage, sometimes it`s assumed the acidic PH is responsible but if tested you`ll find its pretty close to neutral, so the...