General Gardening Discussion

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...

Thats nearly it for another year. :(

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...

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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.

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

Have some Callistemon Salignus, PM me address

Me too, I'd love some!!

Standard abreviation for:In My Humble Opinion.

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

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.

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

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...

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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.

I wouldn't fancy trying to keep one as a house plant. They need space and cool moist conditions with part sun to dappled shade to really thrive. They also do better in ericacious compost but that's not a problem for a pot or container.Nothing is impossible though and doubtless someone has a...

I have had discussions on here about my Black Bamboo and someone said how expensive they are. I know this is only a 9cm pot and dont know how much they would cost in a nursery, but in the Daily Mail today they are 9.99 each, buy 2 get one free. E mail www.mailshop.co.uk just thought this might...

A couple of years ago, the local council decided to undertake a major renovation of all the council properties in our area. This included new fences all round but I'm an owner occupier so didn't expect to be included (didn't actually know about it anyway!!).Came home from work one day to find...

what a beautiful place you live in you must be very proud

fantastic picture!