General Gardening Discussion

Well my trachy does not look dead yet either. anyway Well done that man!did you see my post on "Chuck outs" just goes to show. I also have a phormium that is springing back to life - oh what fun we all have.From picture though it does look like you have got away with it, so pleased for you.

Waco, I put six in water some time ago. Only one produced roots. It works, but not 100%.

mine seems to be doing OK, I cut it hard back this year for the first time in about 6 (it is much slower) and so far all comming through true but I will watch out thanks.

If you cut them right down you might get a second flush if they are in a good location. If they are in a good location I'd suggest cutting them down to an inch above the ground, leaves and all - the next flush of leaves are fresh looking and will last the rest of the season.If you cut them to...

Many thanks Strongy - I will keep an eye out.

Glad to be of assistance jay , and welcome diviy from swansea 1st post :D

And in my experience the bees love it too, so its wildlife friendly.

ok dude my bad i spose the ones with th polens are males

Michael Bolton CDs work particularly well! :D

There were no customs there to check, this was a growing plant bought in the airport shop, obviously other countries don't have the same restrictions as we now have. All my cuttings survived and have grown in to healthy plants some flowering with in a year as shown previously on GC.

Hi dudes i have a giant mellon plant do i need to polinate it for it to fruit? or would it fruuit without beeing polinated?

Lemon verbena (Aloysia triphylla) grows wild here but is getting rare. I have one in my garden and have found it needs regular pruning to encourage new growth and keep a nice shape, otherwise they get very straggly. It can reach a height of 10 feet! I dry the leaves for tea. It's called Bela...

Thanks Liz. I'll give it a go tonight and if it goes well, will send you some photos Thanks.

Hey, Kandy, I like the hanging mouse hotel! B&B ... bed and bugs. Oh, but there are probably some of those around still for people!

Aww thank you bananaman, wish I had a superhero avatar too but the nearest I can get is Poison Ivy :rolleyes: :D

Thanks frogesque, I'll take your advice and take cuttings. Don't want to have to climb over twice :D

chkm8, you just got to have a gunnera! :D

Yep it's the flower spikes that are begining to show colour. Probably about 5" tall just now. When I planted them in spring last year they took forever to show and it was late autumn before they showed their true worth. This year they're much further forward so maybe they don't like disturbance.

Erm, I plant out my leeks in July ! But have overwintering varietiy (Yates Empire) for the hungry gap (they last til end April), so maybe that's why I get away with planting out later? [ 17. June 2006, 07:46 AM: Message edited by: supersprout ]

use the info from RHS re plants that are less likely to get honey fungus - but they don't make any promises :( http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles1100/honey_fungus.asp