General Gardening Discussion

Great Fun.. My son used to plant all sorts of seeds in our small garden. We had an acorn which produced an oak tree, and a chestnut which grew into a chestnut tree. We kept them until they were about 8 ft high and thought it better to get them out before they took over our garden. My friends who...

Thanks again Fran for your advice,, will get it out of the water first thing in the morning if it hasn't drowned by then, do I let it dry out again in the sun before I saw it up?.

I just want to know how to get them off the plant in the first place!Ibble

Hi, So glad you have her home with you. I think that is so nice, finding the connection with the plants & Calico, I think thay will look wonderful. Then if I was you I would start your digging as soon as possible to open up the soil & dig in any compost etc as I said before. The weather...

I also have a couple of pots with Hellibores, surrouded by snowdrops & crocus, another option, but there are many plants & bulbs you can use. Happy planting & good luck. [ 05. September 2005, 06:44 PM: Message edited by: Marley Farley ]

hi, when I have taken down ivy I have used a metal paint striper and a hard scrubing brush to remove the roots

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Okay I'll do that. Thank you.

Thank you. Sorry I didn't give more information!Yes my garden is very sunny. I do want something which flowers but will give good coverage all year round. I have to be careful that it isn't anything poisonous as I have an 18 month old daughter. I love Roses but the thorns scare me a little...

Although like Marley still unsure what it is your looking for other than plants not grown or sold in your area.However if you find a plant you want from your internet searches is to go toRHS web site plantfinder. That identifies who sells what and provides contact details.

I dunno, bidens? is that that plant that looks like a marigold?

Thanks Fran. Can I plant something when I have added the compost do you think?

Hi AquaI know what you mean, I already have lots of seeds for next year as well as a heap of tulip bulbs. You can sow some seeds in Sept/ oct for early flowering next year but check the back of the packets to see which ones. I have some poppy, godetia and corn cockles that im going to sow...

Thanks, I'm not really a flower grower and I thought the photo looked a bit suspicious shall I post or not ..glad I did now. have a nice weekend.

Some fungi are good and recycle nutrients as in rotting tree parts and will eventually disappear. Others are spread by wind and the mower etc. Good drainage and deep drainage will help eventually but it's not at all easy. good luck.

Yes indeedy there are small ferns - take a look at the painted fern. I have an evolving woodland section of my garden, and have planted ferns over the last two years - only one looks like its going to be a big one, and even that nothing like you see in the countryside.

Aqua Your mystery wild flower looks like Honesty to me. Does it have 2P sized round, flat, semitransparant seed pods on it by now? Nik

I dont have a wisteria anymore I planted it in the wrong place and the flowers hung down so far you couldn't walk under it, pity. Anyway, I always used to cut off the long summer shoots to 2-3 buds in august, that is if you dont want them for extension growth. It does no harm and keeps it...

You can grow from seed without a greenhouse Coralbat you just need to wait for the light levels to come up a bit - and sow in a covered propogator close to the house wall. I grow grow all kinds of bulbs - spring ones planted in the autumn and indeed tubers in a clay soil ncluding dahlias, though...

We have a fungus growing (and expanding) in our lawn. I dig it up, it returns. I've put down lawn sand but its still there. The lawn is about 18 months old, it was laid by a firm and is Sovereign turf.here's the pictures ...roja.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/also - one of my trees has died...