General Gardening Discussion

This thread was supposed to be about the amazing powers of plants to overcome conditions where we wouldn't expect them to grow - not about the planters!In general here in Huntingdon the councils, (Town & District), are both very good at looking after their plantings. A few have become somewhat...

Your adding nutrients through your own made compost and manure, so no real need to add much fertiliser if any at all. When your planting a new hedge or plants in the garden it is advised to well water them in and give them a feed and many gardeners continue to feed their plants. When doing this...

Hi clematis can take a while one of mine took at 2/3 years then all of sudden it grew fast i planted another year and half ago its still small but its green it will shoot up.like the other soon but really clematis is better grown in the ground than a container

It looks to me as if it's one of the Haworthias - cooperii (?) or maybe cymbiformis (?) but it is very etiolated. The leaves should form a tight rosette. You need to give it a bright location but not in direct sunlight. In it's present condition it might not be suitable for propagation.

Many thanks for the advice. Will act on what is suggested!!

Not sure to be honest, but I think if you get most of it out and dont leave any stem I dont think it will sucker from any root that is left behind.

It was too sludgy to check for the bulbs. It was just the neat way the leaves had been nipped off...

For the end of the year I dont have much, just the Mahonia "charity".The pineapple didn't make it in time for Christmas, but its still coming along.

Hi all thanks I got a climber but as Nigel suggested Hawthorne great idea thanks

Think its doing you a favour being so overgrown rather than having cars below.Looking at your new pics can see things better, though our ideas probably different to yours.The car park wall looks like it may be concrete posts with concrete panels slotted between them ? so you may find in the...

You have not said how deep your raised beds are, but if a typical 9 - 12" then they sould be fine with or without any gravel / stones on the bottom, avoid rubble if it has any limey cement or concrete.You will now have to treat your beds as large pots /tubs so keeping an eye on the watering...

Thanks but no, it's just your normal looking ivy.

For most typical overwintering plants we find 3 or 4c is enough to keep them going, are you doing that or trying to keep some plant growing more actively?We have our sensor about 4ft high and the heater on the floor, and yes you will always have the temperature layering. The only way to...

Both :- I have lots of tender plants commonly called 'houseplants' many of which spend the summer months outside, and others indoors all year round. I have quite a collection of cacti and succulents spread between a greenhouse, some cold frames, and a perspex shelter. I also have a long garden...

Actually I get lily beetles on Fritillarias. I always forget to look for them before they make those horrible larvae. mind you the larvae are easy to catch. You have to sneak up on the beetles and put something under them to fall into when they jump off the leaves. I gave away my lily bulbs last...

I'd avoid plants with thin leaves, a radiator right beneath would spell brown edges and tips.Something a bit more succulent would be better, such as the Sansevieria already mentioned.Crassulas are worth looking into, the most common is Money Tree (Ovata) which may flower, but there are a...

I keep my Eleagnus hedges very narrow, about 2' / 60cm. The rest, grown as freestanding shrubs, are kept within bounds by one trim a year and a savage hack once every 5-6 years