General Gardening Discussion

Hi Wishaw, glad to hear of your plans for the cats..sounds a lovely idea, I am sure they will enjoy their new enclosure.I hope that you and the other felines are slowly getting over the sad incident with Deigo. How is the Fushia looking

I tried 2 hostas as pond marginals last year and took them out in the autumn and kept them in a bucket each to overwinter, no problem!

Have to be honest, DaveW, it was BEFORE giving a reason to open such! Actually, it's always my temple I catch. The only eye injury I had was whilst trimming the lower branches of the almond tree and one whooshed back and whipped me in the eye ... made it black! :( I'm sure everyone...

I thought I was - have given them the same amount of water as everything else - basil, cucumbers, tomatoes, fox gloves - which have all flourished....I will try again though. Thanks for your advice.Adele

Hi Richard - I am sorry no one has come back to you on this. I am no expert in this area. I did not even know that you could grow ivy roots in water. But as with any plant I would wait until the roots were a couple of inches long, then plant it in a a mixture of compost and sharp sand or...

I've given all the shrubs around the tree a good prune today. I didn't realise how overgrown and tangled they were. I've also weeded and pulled out loads of smaller things that weren't doing well. I'll be watering it frequently for the rest of the summer.Thankyou for your help.

Water from the dryer conndenser should be relatively free from any chemicals, depending on whether you use a rinse additive, in which case look for Eco friendly ones .... so it should be OK for plants ...I'm confused as to why you'd use the dryer if there's no rain (but you may have other...

hi strongylodon,iv only had 3 cucumbers so far and thats from 2 plants.at first they shot away and i had to tie more string for support etc.then a nice man dropped by and decided i had far too many flowers(id only left female) and proceeded to pick them off.taking off a few side shoots while he...

:D :D :D :D

Brilliant, Steve!!!! :D As an ex-teacher of kids like these, I'm convinced you've got the answer!

Be patient LoL. Mine is full of leaf.. Full of potential..... But as yet no flowers. Where there's life....there's hope

Glad you got your size sorted. Lovely orchid and if you found it growing wild in Hawaii then yes - it's a wild orchid.

Welcome leeky85Aquilegia grow very easily. In the long run it is usually the other way round - you just try and stop them growing! We just trow them onto the ground and let them get on with it.Good growing ---------- shiney

The could look quite stunning with black tulips ! M-L

Thanks Hornbeam

Piri-piri ripening in the hot sun!

If Lupins are dead headed they won't re-seed ...however they can be cut back to the base when the first flowers have faded and you may be get a second later flush of flowers. M-L

hi, Chri$ and welcome, as Tangle says Magellanica are really the only fuchsia for a hedge, with a multi pack hopefully you will get the light pink and white ones as most hedges seem to be the commoner red variety.

Hi Plotty.Well done again for a great update. As usual your vegetables and flowers look fantastic. I could just eat some of those raspberries.I am sure you would sweep the board at any shows you entered. Daniels flowers look good as well.It is nice to see a young person with so much interest,a...

oh no!i cut my sweet william right down to about 4 inches when the finished flowering.i did dead head them for a while but nothing came of it.mine are in pots and ive just put them in the gh.please tell me i havnt killed them and theyll come again next yr. :(