General Gardening Discussion

Sea Holly seems to be a common name for eryngiums and it does look like a young eryngium plan um, which are quite commonly found bare root.I think it's to warm and wet, they tend to like good drainage and are very drought tolerant because of their deep fleshy taproot. I would follow the...

I'll do that. What a relief, it's such a beautiful tree. Thank you!

I watched a gardening programme many moons ago and they washed all the multipurpose compost off the roots from the alpine plants before planting as the compost was too soggy to the stems and the main roots and would cause rotting over the winter with holding too much water .... and the plants...

I think you're right, it needs something prickly and/or twiggy to help support it. Mine has neither nearby, just other slightly floppy plants! I do use a circular plant support around it, which helps keep it upright.I prefer Johnson's Blue to Rozanne, to be honest. Rozanne is another...

I should have said that Griselinia does flower, but the flowers are insignificant @TheMadHedger!

I have just donated as well. Thank you for the kind welcome we've all received this last week.

the hedge should be huge by now

I've just taken delivery of a 20 metre roll of copper tape to put round my pots. That, combined with a garlic spray, has certainly helped in the past.

Some monarda Panorama mix that I grew from seed a couple of years ago seem to have disappeared without trace - not even the dead stems from last year. One is growing (and the dead stems were still attached until I cut them down the other day) but the others, no sign. Sod's law the surviving one...

Geranium macrorrhizums should be happy there too. Might be taller than you want but Eurybia divaricata aka wood aster would also do well

That's the method I use Tinkerton I very rarely wear gloves.

Thanks pd, I think I'll go with that

The bottom half of my raised vegetable bed was leylandii chippings - no problem at all.

Our airport from timesanddate is between Cheltenham and Oxford, and they have a completely different weather than we have. I can't use timesanddate for that reason. If we come from Glouc., Warw., Worc. and pass Cirencester, it's often sunny. As soon as we leave Thames valley and go up the...

Thanks for the feedback everyone!

Love the Buachaille, @fairygirl, it was my first proper winter route.

I have never had much luck keeping geums going, but I could be very tempted to try Maddy Prior or Etrixia from that website. Best look away before I get carried away!

Thank you. I won't disturb the roots then, just tip it out of the pot and straight into a prepared hole in the ground. My soil is deep so it should be fine.

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I'd agree that it's best to just leave them for now @robbo, until you have some flowers. The general advice is - if it flowers before June, don't prune. That's simply because the early flowering types flower on old wood, and only need a general tidy up if they're getting too big for the space....