General Gardening Discussion

wow, thanks for all the replies and advice. I've got a much better idea of what needs doing now. I also know where to come with any more questions! thanks everyone. x

Thank you very much lisa. We will check them out.

This has been answered on another part of the forum http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=000115 [ 23. January 2006, 05:29 PM: Message edited by: lisa0307 ]

My Son never goes to the library or borrowes books. He visits book shops and likes to buy. He has about six/Seven hundred,and will re-read. I on the other hand always go to the library. Never read a book twice. Only own nine reference books, which needless to say my son bought me. Both of us...

Yes, Look at as many books and gardens as you can till you get some ideas. And dont wory if you come home with a car full of plants then after you put them in they almost disapear, we were always doing that. You will get ther just takes time unles you have thousands to throw at it in one go and...

Thanks Lisa,I will give this a try and keep my fingers crossed.I put the plant in this particular position in the hope it would up grow up towards my daughters bedroom window.Maybe next winter I shall put some flleece around it.

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BASIC well, you have to plant sun loving plants in sunny site ...... this includes most of the herbs.,, rosemary, sage, lavender, thyme shade loving plants are ferns, hostas. butterflies like buddlia but these are too agressive for pots imo, there are lots of small perennials which attract...

Exactly pete, and makes them grow better.

You do need to push a perforated piece of plastic piping down the centre and keep it filled with water, but that is no different to pouring water in the top of a tree fern all summer, now is it?

id buy a bag of compost to get a better result, and make the move less stressfull, you can use half to pot up and half to plant

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Thanks for that - it is not that much so I think I will put it in the compost bin - didn't use stones for drainage - another lesson learned!

i will keep my fingers crossed for this year to flower thankyou for your help.

I got some lime free compost today, cut the plant in half, washed it, no creepies present, but very little live material. Potted all of it in case of miracles, but to be honest if it was a person we would be all sitting around the bed with the minister present.

ericaceous compost will also help

I can find no mention anywhere of a good reason why you should not use privet shreddings as a mulch. Like any other decomposing material they can 'pull' nitrogen out of the soil, so it may be worth sprinkling some fertiliser around first.

Hi Heather, I have a balcony Garden here in London and everything grows very well it just depends on your space and how much work you want to put into it. I change many plants as winter sets in so that I have colour all year. Admittedly I do get the sun but not before 1.30 pm in the summer. The...

How about turning this to your advantage in the future. Stagger your planting to extend the flowering period.

Hi, when having fish in a pond you need to look for plands that help i.e you can get oxygen weed - not sure if thats the correct name but it puts oxygen in the water for the fish - also some snails that clean up the fish waste - all makes a nicer environment.