General Gardening Discussion

Dave at the bottom of everones posts is where they live, I see yours says South Devon, Basil Fawlty country I believe. I'm in mid Kent, we catch the east winds in winter and early spring, but we do tend to get pretty hot at times in the summer if there's any heat about that is and it can get dry.

Any one care to identify them for me?

Dont think its flowers, they form on a small, usually downward facing, stem. Cant think what it can be though. :confused:

Bulbs sound good - like the suggestion...

Hi Mims & All Thanks for comments. These plants need lots of water, lots of food and patience!! The small one you have probably won't flower this year but should grow to about 3' tall. overwinter them in a conservatory or greenhouse, a temp above 10-15 degrees is ideal. Water occasionally so...

They're welcome to, save me vaccing up dead flies off the windowsills.. !! :D

Yep, leave them both until autumn/first frost then move the begonia which can be lifted and stored in a cool frost free place overwinter for planting next year. (I'm assuming it's formed a corm)Begonias will also take a bit of hacking when in full growth so if it looks like smothering your...

Not so sure it would like it up here anyway, but If I came accross one I would be sorely tempted - doesn't take much to tempt me anyway!

I'm not sure how much my water butts hold Probably about 50 or 60 gallons, I usually end up refilling with the hose during the summer, but due to the leakage from the victorian water mains that we have in the UK, combined wiyh the overpopulation, I cant this year. I'll just have to use...

Thank you everyone I eventually found my 1st and 2nd requests re.Boarders Thanks soooo much for advice I've printed them off and hotfooting it to buy the materials I need I am even going to take it a step further and take pics so you can see my garden (whoah, now I may be getting carried away...

I saw mine this morning at about 8am.but if I have to wait till later, I shall be late for work. It has been raining tonight, so I am not sure if it will come back tomorrow.The cine film I took with the digital camera only shows flowers as I was moving the camera so fast trying to film it.No...

Thank you all - in many ways that is a relief - I seem to remember a similar thing happening to the other Hibiscus last year. Anyway at least the plant looks healthy! I cant see any signs of a bug so I've taken your advice Mona Lisa and gievn it a good spray with Fairy liquid. Thank you

Cheers Poppy33, without being too wet it really is an expression of me so its nice to get positive coments. I have put alot of brain time into visualising it and its nice that others can see what I have had in my head for so long. It felt like a great weight had been lifted when I finally...

This is what I bought as a "Meconapsis Alba" but in fact i think it is a Blue Himalayan which i longed for years ago but didn't think it would survive in my soil Doesn't it look lovely? ! was really suprised when it flowered

Yes, just off for a nap now. :rolleyes:

thanks hornbeam... any idea what she can treat them with ?

Glad to hear it's recovering! Leave it until late Autumn and prune it then. You may find that buds will grow further up the branches as the tree settles down. If you're having hot weather, keep it watered! PS I like your sparkly avatar.

It isn't Eccremocarpus but it is a flowering plant of some sort. You might get a nice surprise when it blooms.

i have planted out my dahlias now that where in the greenhouse. but wild rabbits are munching them. so i have had to put plastic bottles over them for protection for now. until i get chickenwire to put around beds.

Thanks for your advice - I just thought that early stages of decomposing bird might be a problem! But then, when I removed the poor thing it was still in pretty good shape (better anyway than those the cats tend to get a hold of - we have a "wall" of tall conifers in our garden where lots of...