General Gardening Discussion

How about a willow "fedge". Very easy to grow and will give you the height you need fairly quickly. You could use it to support a range of flowering climbers to give colour throughout the year and give the fedge more density. Here's one link. "Googling" will provide lots...

Back to the Kingfisher,We had one sitting on the edge of our pond for a whole afternoon ,we watched it the for ages thinking how lucky we were.............It never returned again.........So far this year we have had visits from ringedoves,pidgeons,robin,chaffinches sparrows,blackbirds and...

I know it may be sentimental to you but I think you would be better off buying one (as well as taking cuttings which may/may not be successful), as Frogesque says, at least you will know what your getting.

It's still February (just!) Saw my first brave daff yesterday. Loads of buds ready to break - all we need is a little sunshine.Also some flowering currant

If it was a good lawn to start with then chances are it will recover providing the grass is only yellow and not dead. A good scarifying when growth is underway then aerating and horticultural sand top dressing. Make sure any builder's rubble or block chips are out of the grass before putting a...

You could try Daphne Mezereum and Daphne Odora, both will take shade and have amazing scent. Mezereum is toxic though , particularly the berries. It maybe too dry in your bed unless watered in the summer

Hi there - if you are talking about the garden - it really shouldn't need any form of watering at the moment - there should be plenty of moisture in the soil. In respect of feeding - that depends on the soil your gardening on - if its sandy loam, it could benefit from a layer of well rotted...

absolutely! hundreds and thousands of little allium bulbs in amongst rose roots is loads of fun, believe me!! I find that planting a lot of bulbs in something like a basket, colander, whatever, is best - then, if you want to keep your beds tidy, all you have to do is lift them, put them...

Thanks nixonf23 for your help. Like most gardening questions I suppose the answer is try it and see.

get the hoe ready - and suddenly you're doing organic gardening- the stale seed-bed system!!

That's true pete2255, I have never bought a grafted one. They've always been supermarket or catalogue offers, or like my daughters, layered from an existing plant. Looks like I'll have to pay more! :eek:

hi Claire,just recently i dug out and replanted 98 crocus bulbs.id put them in back end of last year down one side of what i thought was our allotment but next door allotment holder decided after Christmas that it was his and was gonna move fence forward a foot so i waited till tips came through...

Grinch there are some seeds that like to be kept in the dark to germinate. This might explain the paper bag. I have an RHS seed germination guide, but it only names a few such as Allium, Armeria, Delphinium, Oenothera, Verbena, Viola etc that like that. Mind you I have grown Armeria and...

I had powdery mildew all over my honey suckle that was doing so well....Then I got really X and cut the miserable lot down to a few inches,Wow you should have seen those plants get thier act together they grew new stong shoots out in all directions. Just seen my pink Crocuses up bit...

alternatively, once you've got rid of as much as possible by chopping down and digging out, keep cutting back with a mower if it's in an area that you can reasonably do so. I've found that works, and eventually kills it all off. It does take quite a while though!

moss is great stuff for putting on top of a hanging basket to make it look good and keep water in - BUT - anything with peat connections is suspect these days, and we're all asvised to find alternatives. It's generally sphagnum moss - which ios the real peat moss. Peat in your compost - same...

Hi Pumpkin,sorry for a late reply, but hopefully this is of some use for you.I have a simillar problem, and will put some bamboo down. I understand that the fargesia species is non-spreading and then you just pick the type according to the height you are after.I think something like...

I'm sure you're right, Peter - there's no way in this country, out of doors, that any day lilily is going to start early enough to be able to flower continouously for 34 weeks ! That's just phenomenal! The besty I've seen is right throught he summer period in Hemel Hempstead - from June...

They need rich well drained soil in a sunny spot. Some people put a bed of sharp sand or gravel underneath them when planting. It depends on the nature of you soil, mine is well drained so I do not need to. Planting depths are generally reckoned to be such that you have three times the height of...

I would agree with Fran. Try to get an idea of what style you like. Modern, formal, cottage garden, big open space for kids, shrubs, or flowers etc. I did this by looking through pictures in books.Is the house at the top, with the garden falling away? Or is the house at the bottom looking...