General Gardening Discussion

We've had rain and clouds most of this week,but it hasn't cooled down much. As Rosa says, it's very hot at night, even in my stone cottage. I think my sweet peas have grown about 3" this week and at last have some flowers coming. Mine are in a sunny place, my neighbours' are in the shade and...

And you can usually prune the taller stems to a (much) lower bud without spoiling the shape at any time of year. Might lose a few flowers at the top next year, but hell, they have enough anyway.

worms with sunburn !!!

is it safe enough to to plant fritillaria bulbs in the earth now? Even though its too late for them to flower this year.What I mean is they wont lie and rot? [ 07. July 2006, 06:25 PM: Message edited by: sawfish ]

It is the natural character of the bleeding heart to die down after flowering in the spring, so I think this is nothing to worry about. They will reappear next spring. M-L

It's been a busy day and I've uprooted the C vimilus and planted the pink grapefruit in its place next to the lime tree. That was a bit shattering at 27oC even after the sun was going down! :( Sweat, sweat :( The poor C vim is now lying on its side where it's going to go .... tomorrow...

If they are already good bushy plants then you do not need to do anything, but if they are single stemmed ones then pruning to force branching from the base is a good idea. Cut each shoot back by about a third, now would be ok.

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HA CHEERS !!

Hardy geraniums are still flowering well despite red hot temperatures, blistering sun and drought. Look what I found among the Johnson Blues - a gorgeous double form :D I bought Geranium pratense Plenum Violaceum in 1993 and it bloomed for a few years and then vanished. Now it has come...

My buddleia mint is starting to bud now, cant wait to see it's flowers!!

:D Good Luck...!!! :D What sorts have you got by the way???

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Hi grinch it is Trachycarpus FortuneiIt is fully hardy down to about -10 and it flowered for me this year too. Frost wise it is mostly killed by crown rot where water gets in where the new leaves emerge and continuous freezing and defrosting causes fatal rotting. They can be renovated from...

Beefy Teddy Bear is cool!

cooled off in the north east, went to alnwick, northumberland today the same there, foggy all the way up the coast, at least it hasnt rained and no wind.

they are allready on show hornbeam..dont they look brilliant!!

Lovely, Dag! Mine are droopy with lack of water. Rain promised for today so fingers crossed

The careful placing of a trickling and lapping water feature will help soften those traffic noises as well. This will cut down on noise while your new buffer screen grows.