General Gardening Discussion

oh, and i forgot welcome katiejane just new member myself, enjoy.

Thanks for your kind offer Pete, I would love to have said yes - but I already have 200 or 300 seedlings/small plants sitting on my patio and absolutely nowhere to put them. I think I might take up "virtual gardening" on the internet. You can expand as much as you like - and no weeding! Come...

wellI could never spell anyway! What wat wut!!!

This year I would ease up on the watering and let the roots go deeper to find their own moisture. In N. Ireland you shouldn't be bothered by prolonged drought but if the weather does get dry then restart regular watering. Winds can sometimes be more drying than a hot but humid day.You also...

thankyou strongylodon,i put it outside cos the ivy was trailing all over my microwave!seems a bit daft to put the ivy in with house plants,or maybe its me thats daft for planting them out?the parlor palm was a bit scorched from being near the kitchen window (i wondered what was wrong with it) ...

Bamboo likes a peat/soil(JI3)/compost mix and plenty of food in the growing season. Cut out all the spindley shoots as these remain the size they sprouted at and will not thicken. This promotes the production of stronger thicker canes and ultimately a healthier specimen. I also mix in mini bark...

Mine is in a 15" pot. The holes in the bottom are at the top of inverted spikes. I pot clay balls in the bottom up to just above the spikes and fill the rest with home made John Innes with extra grit.The conservatory has a heater which prevents the temperature going below 17C.The latest...

No, you should use barley straw.I have some, but the pond eventually clears on its own. I don't like it clear but being able to see the fish aproaching the surface is good, it looks more natural that way, and the fish prefer it.

Almost as soon as I made my last post I remembered the baskets I had seen for aquatics. I was at a garden centre on Sunday - so I bought 4. As you say Tangle they are not that big, but I will experiment.

Hope you had a good holiday!!! Surfing?? I couldn't get over how much further along everything was down there - we visited Lanhydrock, and there were dahlias in full bloom!!They do say its going to get up to 28 this Friday, so no doubt everyone will be moaning its too hot!! :rolleyes: ...

This is probably not helpful but I wish something would attack mine as I am sick of digging then out as weed - sorry.If all else fails I can send you some seed, though I have to say my nora barlo is very promiscuous!

thought it might be you pete - thanks for info, they do look fantastic, I have imediately potted them up into nigger pots, so hope they are OK. I am told they are real geraniums too and not pelagoniums, so all very interesting and worth nurturing.will keep you updated Janet

I grow the purple leaved one, just incase you had not gathered, I like the dark stuff!that looks very pretty though.

I love Ginger too - I have held back buying any this year, due to the biulding work, but I did stick a bit of left over Ginger from the Veg basket in a pot (seem to remember Bob Flowerdew saying something about this a while ago...), but it hasn't done anything... what am I doing wrong??

Im always amazed at buddleia growing out of walls half way up old empty buildings!

Hornbeam they are absolutely beautiful pics!!

Right, on closer inspection I discovered sooty deposits so I assume it is actually whitefly, so I chopped the rock rose right back (hope it grows back!) as the spray didnt seem to do owt... Thanks Frogesque, the buddleia's recent sprouting seems to be fine so it's probably like you said

Paladin, this is a tree peony with yellow flowers,the one that Palustris mentions. (Scanner not working so took a pic) You can see that it says - difficult to propagate so that's obviously why it's rare.RHS Plant finder says the nursery (link below) can supply this peony, but if it's...

'tis done and the pergola is all treated :D Wound up taking off nearly 2/3rds of it. The stems were over 1" across, but did seem to be shooting below the cuts, so fingers crossed.Thanks for the advice

I did have one in a pot for my birthday last year which I planted out and it flowered later in the year, but my birthday is Feb. so I think Frogesue is right. But next year it will bloom again if all goes well, and you will be able to enjoy it all over again. Mine has buds on this year, and...