General Gardening Discussion

It looks like the soil in my front garden. It's a bit of a nightmare in hot dry weather. I'm sure you'll sort it though. I foolishly put potatoes of all things in mine this year. That's probably why we're having a heatwave and drought. If I'd filled it with Mediterranean herbs we'd have got a...

yes, a type of caterpillar , he told me the name, did not write it down. Yes, inside a butterfly house. Blue Bells? not sure, doubt it, truly don't think they bloom this late . None of the plants had an ID on them. I just knew several from what I have in my garden. Its a very old...

I dont know, but they seem to last ages on the plant, unlike Dahlias that start dropping petals . LaO will probably be able to tell you.

I looked it up, but it's not something that would be much use to me.

So did ours...crispy brown leaves , I never even noticed if it flowered !!

Thanks @pete I'll have a look.

I'm intrigued....what are these pets that are supposed to be trodden on? Chihuahua spring to mind but whenever I did, the owners got inexplicably upset Hamsters? No....much too squishy. Perhaps tortoises in the dormant state? They'd make excellent stepping stones in a Japanese garden....

I think it's a Parlour Palm and agree with Pete about mealy bugs.

If you sow them now, as Nature intended, the attrition rate will be high and only a few will escape birds etc to germinate in Spring. If you wait, likely more will result . Competition is one of the greatest problems, especially amongst grasses. The "traditional" meadow results from grazing,...

IME Camellias don't re-generate well, if at all, once their leaves have browned. Try scraping the bark, as Janet suggests, but I think it's a lost cause.

I remember a friend telling me how his young daughter became vegetarian.Apparently she came home from school one day and proclaimed with horror, 'daddy, chicken is made out of chickens!True, but it cracked me up.

I have used this in the past and I just sowed the seed as any other green manure. The information I had was sow Apr to July broadcast seed fairly thick rake to cover and water if dry. I have never had to water. Perhaps slug protection is for if you want to use as a forage crop. Because of the...

By 'crashed' do you mean temporarily down, or has the vendor gone bust and not paid their bills?10 days is a very long time for a technical outage. It's always wise to have a plan B but if it's still 10 days away, unless your usual service has permanently closed I'd work on the assumption it...

Thanks for asking but you are welcome to address me in any way you wish. My staff quite often used "Oy You!" 'Your Highness' is also an acceptable appellation.

Yes MichaelThat's a good sign.I have changed some of the soil and given it some feed.Put it in the shadeI might not see an improvement this year though.It's the same with the Acers I have which are pottedTheir leaves are scorched as.well.

Established plants may be divided in Spring to reduce the size and/or increase their numbers.They have a central tap root, which should remain undisturbed, but a section of the outer plant can be severed and planted elsewhere immediately (in )Spring. These will remain true in colour, whereas...

The part about it I wouldn't like is all the sanding down between coats.

Hi Kevin,Many plants can take up to two months to show signs of rooting. I don't change the water in mine but top up when necessary.

I climbed up and extricated the Morning Glory. I am not sure if I damaged it doing that, which seems unlikely as it is like a thick rope of many strands all coiled around each other, but the end parts are drooping and dead, and not producing flowers.I am not sure what happened to it, as it...