General Gardening Discussion

If it is H. niger ( and it sounds like it with a white flower in winter) then they are not as prone to the fungal disease as are H. hybridus. They do like a soil with plenty of organic matter so try adding some leaf mould.

I'm starting mulching today but that would be with home made compost (plenty of it) on the veg plots. The plots get a fair amount of it each Autumn and very lightly forked in and then covered with black porous membrane that keeps the weeds at bay and warms the ground early in the Spring.When...

Think you have a Hydrangea just in front of that rear bush ? which like the Roses should be ok to leave outside.You need to find the name of the other flowering plants and then look them up on the web to see if they are classed as Annual or Perennial, and if the latter, are they fully hardy...

Thank you both. Found it hard enough to find places in Ireland that have it in stock. Can get these oxalic acid crystals, so will order these. Presumably have to dilute them in water and will apply to one of the slabs and see what happens.Buy Oxalic Acid online in Ireland at Lenehans -...

Thank you both for your good advice

I also have an orchid that has never flowered, doesn’t worry me though.

All is well now. Repotted as advised, cut all dead and decaying roots and replanted in new orchid mix. This was last year and now I have plenty of Aerial routes and think we're on the way to recovery. So thanks to everybody for advice

Had to look it up, not good with the fancy names, but I have a nice one, Trout Lilly . its yellow. I am sure the place I would recommend would not ship across the pond. Mine is doing very well.

I agree! I know it helps drainage but I always find those nasty little grey ones in the slots underneath between the drain holes. And there are probably lots of others just inside the drain holes that you can't see

Yeah gonna cover the whole greenhouse in bubble wrap. It's only small.At the moment I'd set it to 6 degrees and the manual thermostat in there says it's 5 degrees. Was worried I'd set it too low just incase it wasn't too accurate.Between 11.30pm and 5.30am it'll be costing 7.5p/kw and using...

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Hi,Thanks @Logan ; yes give ivy a good pull and it comes out like rope; you'll get all your ivy out if you keep at it.Many thanks @CarolineL for your useful information; I just noticed the site whilst browsing English garden borders for ideas; we have a large garden center nearby called...

I have an old 5 gallon can of creosote somewhere in my shed. Would it be illegal to give it as a prize in a prize draw?

There has never been a public phone box within miles of us in the 50+ years we have been here.

thanks all

Are dinosaurs those new animals that started roaming around?

I laughed but it certainly could be done!

Thanks @NigelJ - another temptation!

I had a couple of Peace lilies many moons ago and found them temperamental so gave them to a friend, who with some tlc, got them to thrive.