General Gardening Discussion

GD You need the airgap ..an inch or two at most. Don`t make it too big as it`s easier for convective currents to circulate the air inbetween the glass and bubblewrap and reduce the insulation value.The important thing is to seal the bubblewrap layer so it`s as airtight as possible from the...

Fuchsias take well from heeled, soft wood or tip cuttings. At this time of year when they are only just starting into growth, I would wait until there are some decent sized shoots, and then try tip cuttings.Later in the year, try soft wood and heeled cuttings if the tip cuttings did not take....

Nice one Amberick - this was just the first of many I think :D I look forward to seeing your next one. [ 07. May 2006, 10:08 PM: Message edited by: Fran ]

Depends on what kind it is, some are hardy some are not. In general if it was bought as a house plant it wont be hardy exept in a very warm sheltered spot.

Glad they had what you wanted....

its lovely it would look nice up my fence!! dont worry about the greenhouse you havnt seen the state of mine i cant even get in the door...and its like a lucky dip as i have not labelled anything..so each thing that emerges is a surprise..

Before people start getting paranoid about clematis wilt, it is actually fairly rare these days. It is more often slug or snail damage which causes the stems to die back. They do love to nibble the bark off at ground level. It is also their chewing which can let in wilt. Mowgley, as clematis...

Waco, RSPB and BTO (British trust for Ornithology, see url below)recomends you feed throughout the year. When the birds have young is when they need help most as with diminishing land for natural food supplies they rely on the bird tables they have used through the winter as a source of food....

Good luck - thalia is lovely. Unfortunately I've notiticed the last couple of years, Kinder plants who supply the tot plants - has stopped doing Thalia. Sad cos the one they now do is nothing like as good. Fortunately I have cuttings in addition to overwintered plants.

I agree with Dave. If you have just moved it - it did not like the move. As Dave says, in a healthy plant roots and foliage are in balance. If you reduce the roots (as you must do when you move something) you must often reduce the foliage to keep them in balance.

Good advice Waco,My father had the same problem on 2 1/4 acres, has woodland behind him and he is at the bottom of the hill, so all excess water used to soak into his plot and stay there, he got a mini digger in, dug a trench 18" wide along the back edge and down one side to the bottom, where...

The fruit will be black when ripe - hence the old name of Black Lovage

Hi Shaun, Dave has a valid point about the Leyllandii, but if you have a railway line the other side, they are probably the thing to cut the noise down. Just promise to keep them trimmed & feed the lawn etc. Look through the forum & also have a look at container gardening. You...

Lady Chatterley springs to mind.

Well what you lot have told me are Spanish bluebells are so fare behaving very well, as to ground elder AAhhhhhhhhh........don't mention the word before I have to go to bed! Nightmares agsain!

Mine just dropped dead! Antithesis of a wild fl;ower I would have thought though.

As way of an update, I can now see little green shoots from my rocket seeds which are outside and from courgette seeds, kept indoors for the moment. After 1 week, thats pretty good. I'd have been starting singing to the little blighters if I hadn't seen signs of life soon!

Thank you all for your help and advice so far! Much appreciated!

The 'in thing' according to the television makeovers is to paint it pale blue. But I think that draws your attention to it. If it was mine I would paint it green. That way it just disappears into the background.I wouldn't use a trellis (something more to buy, to paint, and to rot) but would...

Definately a turfing iron. i spent several days this winter lifting and relaying turf to make way for a new grass and herbaceous bed. As with the posted photograph the end is rather worn but still will do a good job. Push with right thigh and right hand on implement; keep at a steady angle and...