General Gardening Discussion

i have one of the above I bought a couple of months ago. Its in direct sunlight as I understand this is what it needs but it just doesnt seem to have got any bigger. The pot its in is about 12" square and deep and have planted it in compost with food added. can nayone shed light as to why its...

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?The Tiger Flower may not have William Blake's "fearful symmetry", but it does have a perfect symmetry of its own. Incredible!

Hi Lady of Leisure, I fill my freezer, make Jams, Chutneys & Pickles, supply family, friends & neighbours, regards Steve.

As no-one gave me a good reason to continue growing Campanulata glomerata - tonight I dug it all up. I have dug up every bit that I could find. It was only as I was putting it on the compost heap that I realised it was a native of Austria. I heard this voice in a gutteral Austrian accent...

Yes, that one has creamy coloured flowers, doesn't it? The one I'm talking about is usually mentioned with the banana one, not many mentions but I think it's also called port wine magnolia. July- September is the right time for cuttings from what I can find. If they don't work I'll just have to...

LOL - wonderful. Yes thanks the weather was great - though the lavender was not quite in flower.

finally ......

Hi ,I agree with it being a late spring a lot of plants are late flowering. At first i thought it was with us moving.(mind i dont suppose that helped.) But as the saying goes BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.

Great - thanks for all your advice......I will try out your tips and report back! they are such beautiful flowers............

Rhyzomes both started about 23rd June.Yes I already got rid of the cling film, they were not under it for very long. The node was definately greening, but I would have expected it to be shooting up like the other one was, so hence took drastic action.dave I planted it as you instructed...

why dont you put some trellis up and grow ivy..and make a feature of lanterns hanging on bamboo sticks or old branches....or screen it off with that grass you can buy on the roll and make a shady seating area..or even make a small pond their with lots of bog plants and things of interest..sorry...

Thrift (Armeria maritima).Getting past its best now but a wonderful late spring favourite on any coastal walk. Look carefully though, there are still blooms to be found on north facing rocks or in shady gulliesIt doesn't ususally grow as tall as the garden cultivars and is a wonderfull...

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...