General Gardening Discussion

Hi, Anyone else go to GW at the NEC on Sunday (last day).I was there and got some real bargains.I got a 4 ft plus Phormium for 20 quid,plus loads of other bargains too.I took a few old plants to the plant swap and come away with a lovely Aeonium for my conservatory.

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Mine grew [so I thought] happily in pots for 4 years, flowered nicely and grew each year. However, when I finally planted them in the border this spring I found that even the one in the biggest pot was seriously pot bound, it's roots were wound round and round like a birds' nest. My biggest pot...

Ah! thank you thats probbaly more like it than being too wet!!

My own feeling is that you are better to let nature take its course - sometimes the mums come back for them, but they are reluctant if they have been handeled by humans.

Take care with the orange montbretia, they can sometimes take off in a very ramapnt way.

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Me too, I'd love some!!

Have some Callistemon Salignus, PM me address

Lupins do all sorts of things, pink purple and cream sonds great, just don't expect it to flower for long

There are seedless varieties avalible which is probably the best option. I do remember reading about a spray which sets the flowers and also makes the grapes seedless, but that was a long time ago, and probably only available commercially, at a guess.

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dendrobium thanks for the help. I will try potting some cuttings to use for filling in the gaps. I am having problems posting pictures which for some reason are visible on the preview and even after posting but a few hrs later are gone. I have posted a link to some pictures I have of the garden...

Thats nearly it for another year. :(

Hi and Welcome!Rhodes are evergreen so you should always have the dark gren foliage which you can use as a backdrop for brightly coloured flowers. Don't be tempted to dead head them though. Next year's flower buds will already be forming under the mass of brown petals and if damaged or removed...

Hornbeam that's a lovely colour. I do agree with you. All the books and TV suggest putting a variety of different things into one pot. That's OK if you only have one pot. But if you have a number it looks messy. I tend to restrict pots to just one type of plant. Is is the same principle as...

Thanks a lot for the information. I had a good look this morning and saw the green nymph. I also saw a couple of ladybirds on them so I will leave them alone.

can you compost sticky weed???

One of my favourite biennials are Sweet Williams, which are making a lovely display in my garden at the moment. I have been told that it's possible to extend the growing season of this plant so as to have it in flower from Spring until Autumn. Is this correct and, if so, can anybody tell me how...

I would leave more than 10 days.