General Gardening Discussion

if you want to Pea plant the neighbours

Improve drainage in these areas and reduce winter shade if possible. Meanwhile it's weeding hoeing probably best with a hand hoe if among other plants. I wouldn't worry what it is. If you've decided it's a weed remove it.

Thanks spruce, it's forecast rain for tomorrow so sprinkling blood fish and bone today should help wash it it down to the roots.

I got all ours out the other day for an airing and drink, did lose 1 cutting.

Its a difficult one as to how far you go, how much you spend and obviously how much time and effort you want to put in.Notice a manhole and a drain hole, not insurmountable problems but need to be worked round, I think its one of those jobs that if you go at it half heartedly you could wish...

Good luck with renovation. Very tight for space in my greenhouse with 170 dahlias in there and loads of pots of seeds germinating so will be glad to put the sweet peas outside.

Definitely crosses with the Polyanthus type primulas. All you need is a strong flying bee and there you go.

Some good ones on Gardeners World this evening.

That sounds lovely shiney, I'd never heard of it before, Got a local plant place here in an old walled garden. just a couple of miles from the door and I use them a lot but they arent big so I sometimes need to use online places. Will do that sheal! tyvm.

I had better dump mine then! I don't want any of that foreign muck It may be contaminated

I too haven't watched the video, but I know the science of red and blue grow lights. They're the colours used for photosynthesis. That's why chlorophyll is green. The plant doesn't use green light, so it reflects it. It absorbs red and blue, which is why the green foliage would look black under...

I can grow the non-climbing aconitums without a problem. Although in Devon my garden can get dry, being on a hillside, has shallow soil in places and suffers from drying, cold east winds in spring. These winds scorch off young growth and I've lost a number of plants to them over the years.

I have a hanging basket by my north facing front door and always use some trailing fuchsias and begonias. Some of the newer begonias aren't as "blowsy" as the traditional ones if that's not to your taste so you could look for the Bossa Nova range or Bonfire/Burning Embers which have masses of...

Thanks all. I'll opt to prune after flowering.

My dad had a billhook on a peg in the shed but I don't think it ever got used. They're just the job for splitting the thinnish stuff

I'll start off with one question, will do another thread for it if that's ok.

We used 12" or bigger pots filled with Ericaceous compost for our blues, worked well for us.

I'm not sure I have the space to do so. I handed control of my back garden to my kids and relegated myself to the role of labourer and consultant. Since then my lawn has already shrunk, a pseudo-Japanese garden with water feature is under construction, and apparently next on the list is a gnome...