General Gardening Discussion

Hi Turl,wonderful, keep going, you got that far lol ...seem to have no problem. I'm growing 5 different sizes of Alliums, about 40 in total,the largest and only 1 supposed to have 25cm, 10" I put them all in 1 large shallow but wide planter,and coming up now. Can't wait for them to flower.

You should be able to take a a heeled cutting it you have some new growth starting but it may be worth waiting a bit. A heeled cutting is a new growth stem that has grown this year usually with just a a couple of leaves plus the tip leaves - gently peel it back from the main stem so you end up...

Hi everyone thanks for all the info again.. i really should post pics of my dads garden, it really is beautiful with arches, huge pond, rockery, sleepers paving, water features etc.. which he created from a plain grass garden himself...he loves it so much we keep saying to him he's running out...

Chocolate vine sounds heavenly, is there such a thing as a caramel cup tree I wonder? Mayby a pizza plant? I think I could get into this grow your own food thing.

From experience, yes it does. However planting it deeply, i.e. over the first leaf helps reduce the risk - and in any case having had two clematis disappear with that problem, if your patient they will come back.

Michael - make sure you make a note of all conversations with your neighbours regarding this issue. I know its hard to keep it "light" but try (& don't mention solicitors when you talk to them!). My neighbours were quite sneaky initially & lied about what work was being done, (so we were all...

Hi Alan, I do the same as Fran - plant them out in the garden, Make sure you plant them deeper than they were in the pot - you need to cover the bulb with soil to a depth equal to the size of the bulb. Let the leaves die back, as Fran says they need to make "food" to feed next years flowers &...

What is 25 an hour ?Nathan.

Just click on the "RHS Calendar" link in the original post and it should take you straight to it.

Thanks ladybird, been to the greenhouse and measured my peas, 4ins, i planted them in toilet rolls insides can i leave them in these untill they go in the ground

hi ...glad you reminded me, I got 1 about 30" am going to move it toady, it's overcrowded with other plants, will also put it in a pot for the time being. Better now then never, in my case ...or it never be seen orwill die anyway.Wold have been better in Autumn, but .....now is as good as...

On the what??? You mean someone is using my name!!!! How dare they!! LOL

Thanks Steven for the info. I did try for a varied mix of colour and height.... I think I may end up witha jungle out there, if everything that I have started from seed continues to keep growing. Masses of Sunflowers, Morning glories, Cypress Vines, Moon Flowers etc.... It's always an adventure!

Hi all, The type of soil in my garden is very clayey!! Where my Iris's are growing at the moment, is under the front window where the soil isn't as clayey! as the rest of the garden but it does sometimes get very soggy after a good old rain! In a morning they are in shade and the afternoon...

Try Morrisons supermarketThey have many clematis and a few other climbers at �£1.69. Beats any garden centre.

Hi Tanya - there are loads of different types of viburnum - need some more info - do you have a name for it? Is it evergreen, semi evergreen, deciduous? Could you post a pic? Does it have berries later on? Most evergreen viburnum (flowering spring or early summer) are "pruning group 1" -...

Thanks both Steve, we took a big old apple tree down at the end of last year it lay and the west side of the plot so all the mid summer 11am - 4pm sunshine was blocked out it gave so much more light that I got really enthusiastic about my new,light veg plot this is why I wanted to get the...

have been using N.A.KAYS for some bits around the greenhouse and garden.they seem very reliable but are there others as good or better. please let me and all our other readers know wo you use. maybe we could start a rating system for suppliers. if thats ok with nathan cheers alan

Were the seeds properly ripe, and were they stored cool and dry through the winter. Thats the most important thing, any doubts might aswell buy a packet, not that expensive. Just noticed, UNHEATED propagator in UNHEATED greenhouse, it might get warm during the day but its still cold at night....

Hi Mitchell - try the old RHS & good luck! http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0404/fieldwoodrush.asp [ April 07, 2005, 07:26 PM: Message edited by: Bayleaf ]