General Gardening Discussion

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...

Have made some hanging baskets up, the first I have done for about 10yrs! I put some trailing nasturtiums in, and sadly the leaves are all turning yellow! Any ideas why this is happening? Overwatering? compost too rich??I know they can thrive on/in poor soil...maybe the slow release fertilizer...

Well the experts today reckon itr is Podophyllum Vassilosum, I saw loads for sale, but nothing as nice as mine. they do say that they are quite promiscuous, so may be I have some funny hybrid sport? - well who cares, it is a good performer, so whats in a name!

They are fine in a container for several years, and they are tough as old boots. Transplant in the autumn I would say, and don't worry. They don't like wet feet or very alkaline soil though. I have done this sort of thing several times with wisteria up to 20 years old (big pots).

Sounds like frost or wind damage. It could be insect damage, get a magnifying glass to it.Does anybody know how many shrubs are called "rose of sharon". It looks like a default name for any shrub.