General Gardening Discussion

oh wow, that bbq looks absolutely fab Mona lisa and the planting compliments it. great job.

I don't have it here now (gave the plant away last year - not enough room), but this form - Zantedeschia 'Pink Mist' is generally a good 'doer'. It is not quite so free flowering as Z. aethiopica and tends to be strongly deciduous, whereas the species is usually evergreen here. This suggests...

advice on how to take a cutting please ta in advance i am that much of a newbie

Delosperma cooperi is definitly hardier than lampranthus, I've had lampranthus die on me most winters but the delosperma has looked a bit down but it comes back, up to now. [ 22. June 2006, 09:13 PM: Message edited by: pete ]

Oh ok - have seen the answer to that question in the RHS link.Thanks. Will post a picture once i have done the pruning over the weekend.Amanda

Obviously BMshe has a great voice and you must be pretty talented to do clever things like that

I KNEW you'd like it Nik ML !!

Hi Lady of leisure this will get you started.http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=001819Some links for reading up on and growing...

Yes, they do. You can cut the flower head off and new flower spikes will form, so if you miss yours you get a second go!

Its doing OK pete so fingers crossed XXX

Goosegrass or cleavers is a valuable plant to the herbalist as Wildflower has already pointed out. It is really easy to pull up when it is scrambling around and yes - as it is full of minerals, it will make valuable compost. However - compost it BEFORE it sets seeds. That is true for all...

Well I can send you kilos of the beastly seeds if you insist!!

Cheers everyone, not been out to check on them since yesteday morning. If it stops raining I will go and have a look and dispose of them. :D

Get out the cool shades, clag on the suncream and have a great break roders! Interested to see what you manage to come back with

someone once told me that "new Dawn" would do OK on north face wall, but have never tried it myself though I do grow it.

I would leave more than 10 days.

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...

can you compost sticky weed???

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.

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...