General Gardening Discussion

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Asters - they are easy and if you keep them dead headed they will keep flowering until frost, such vibrant colours too, my garden is very colourful with them all and so early this year too.

This sounds like something I have in the garden, bought it years ago and although it looks like it would need special care, it doesn't. It stays in the ground all the year round and is blooming beautifully at the moment. This year we even have another one growing in another part of the garden...

I got a collection, but can't remember now which lot I got it from - probably J Parker or T&M. The first lot I got were eaten within instants by our ravaging rabbits but now there's chicken wire everywhere, and things are surviving! :D

:D Good Luck then..... :D

There is also a plant called Worcesterberry, which is halfway betwixt Gooseberry and Blackcurrant. It is extremely thorny too, but the fruit is mmmmmmmmmmmmm. This is called Ribes divaricatum.

cheers barbaraane...

here is my plant i got not such a great picture though. Aroid palm, The same as the one BM has the TRENDY PLANT

Then there's Hilliers - aren't they the tree and shrub specialists?

As above, would love to know how the buyer gets on :D

Thanks both! Will go for the usual "buy just before Christmas" thing, I expect! although I have a fantastic new wonderful house, etc, etc, etc - it's a bit short on cupboards.... Oh, well - I'll survive! Even if the poinsettia doesn't! :D

hi SAWFISH, last year I BOUGHT A VERY LARgE POT OF VERY SLENDER WAVY grass about 4foot high the guy at the G center told me its called "lovers willow" it dies down in the winter but comes up again in the late spring. I love because it waves in the wind and looks so delicate.

You often see 1 male to 3 females in many plants, as with the packs of hollies and pernettya, from various catalogues. This may be a tad over-kill though.

sounds fun! I'm hoping to get away for a camping weekend, son's health permitting, to play and listen to bluegrass, with other mad enthusiasts! And Grandma is more reliable than son re watering - he's a similar ge to Rosa's youngest! And when I was his age, I had 2 year old twins to look...

Try cutting the new green shoots back to downward pointing buds (they are just where the leaves join the shoot), and keep the new shoots short - maybe 4-6 inches only. Keep on doing this and you can't go far wrong.

Everything is looking well, Rich. I like Portulaca too, especially the doubles ... the colours are so shimmery! I did two pots from seed and bought five plants, four for in pots and one in the ground. I have found several plants where the ones from last year seeded themselves which is great.

Hi all, i find the best way to get flowers on my RHP, place plant in full sun, add loads of compost into growing area,cut tops off in autumn, devide plants up in spring time every three yrs, BUT plant three - five plants (or as many as you can to get a good display) windy

We're already picking some plums for our old golden plum tree - my favourite plum. The tree is about 60 years old but still produces well. It is too old to prune anymore but it seems to prune itself by dropping branches.We have just had to cut down two pear trees (comice) because we are...

Hope it grows bigger than mine !! They are lovely plants and deserve a place in everyones garden..I like the really large ones that you see at the botanical gardens they are awesome..

Yes, I agree with the bull (rush) thing as well!Nobody like my idea of a Xeriscaping section ... but that's probably because you guys have ponds!