General Gardening Discussion

The pot plants and greenhouse are the only things I water. We have a water recapture system in place to keep the pond topped up, including a large storage tank and release it when the pond level drops. Lawn never gets watered even when it goes brown. It’ll recover in autumn. I also water...

Thanks for the replies. Every day's a school day.This will explain why I could only find plug plants and potted plants.I'll probably go down the plug plant route early in the season and then bring them on in the tunnel

Just a little update. They HAVEN'T grown taller and bigger, as I've pinched 'em out to within an inch of their lives and they are well within my size limits this year. It's amazing what a little pinching can do . Perhaps they WERE always gallery/dwarf size and it was just my inexperience in...

Cheers Mike, I'll make sure they are well watered, and we can see what pops up!

Wow, that's good & bad news - bad 'cos I just hosed the patch; good, because I won't need to again for a while Too much water last year then may explain why my herb garden got wiped out come spring? Have since replanted.

The yellow one is a Dahlia grown as a pot plant but would be better planted in the ground. The other is a variety of Celosia also known as Cockscomb and can also be planted out, it is either discarded in the autumn or dug up and repotted and over wintered inside ie light and frost free. Hope...

I wonder if anyone could give me the benefit of their wisdom with regard to the pics attached. A children's nursery have asked me to do various bits of work in their garden that I’m fine with, but have also asked if I can create a wildflower mini-meadow around the border of their site.It’s...

Aram maculatum.

Yep, stems are brittle so gentle does it. If any snap, still tie down or space out what’s left.

I agree with verdun Astrantia are a must lovely plants . Bleeding heart ( dicentra / lampro... ) are nice , tiarella - brunnera lots to pick from - J anemone ( some wander ) - Thalictrums are nice and airy lots to pick from - phlox like a bit of shade from afternoon sun - most primula's. Lots of...

Give it more time Gary......everything seems to be 3 or 4 weeks later than usual Agree your plant looks healthy enough and I would expect it to flower. I would simply feed it once a week with a tomato fertiliser, a high potash feed.However, for me the dwarf buddleias do not do too well in...

Yes, I'll do that before they get too big next year, I need a solution for this year. thanks

Unfortunately no delivery... I've just looked online and £30 is common on ebay for white ones, black ones are £50 (all + delivery of course). So I'll stick with my blue barrels for now.

OK that's brilliant , will do just that then.Thanks again for your advice @pete , greatly appreciated.

looking greatSpruce

There used to be a Black Poplar tree on the green out front. It had been left uncut for a few years. The council decided to give it a trim. New growth was rapid but sadly the new limbs soon fell off. It was then seen that the tree was rotting fast, as it stood at a low point.Checking on...

I'm just being pragmatic.In the circumstances, I wasn't going to get anything more than a full refund. I do get to keep the plant, it may survive, but at that size even if it does, it will be "lost" anywhere in our garden.I have since ordered a A/P Shirazz (a similar acer) from Larch...

It has been pretty wet here too, and I have never fed my poor honeysuckle. TY gardeners.

A wonderous sight to behold - thank you, feel as though I've had " my fix"now,