General Gardening Discussion

I add a few drops of biodegradable washing up liquid, this reduces the surface tension and the larvae cannot hang from the surface as they breath.

Thanks everyone. I've certainly learned something this week!

We regularly get pigeons nesting in our tree and the only issue is the occasional snapped branched and a whole lot of crap. The leaves below the nest get properly boulder dashed and look similar to your picture. It does no harm and probably benefits the tree with some free fertiliser.

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If it's a totally enclosed container, as opposed to one that's open to the ground, it's certainly a bit small for most large shrubs/trees, so bigger will always be better for the health of any plant you choose. The mix it's in will have to be suitable too - a good soil based one, or just soil,...

I'd never attempt to grow one in a pot, for the reason given. You'd need a very, very big container to keep it happy enough to thrive well. If you made a purpose built bed for it, that would be different, but then you'd have to dig it out of the existing site for replanting and that could be...

My runner beans are being decimated. Hardly any plants left from 10 plants put out in the ground a few days ago.

Good way of putting it.

You can certainly lift and store them, but that's also quite difficult as they can be a bit hit and miss if you don't have perfect conditions for that. It's easier to have them in separate pots which you can then protect from the worst weather to prevent waterlogging, and if they're some of...

I am looking for ideas on how to “reactivate “ my hammamelis. The lead shoot has forked in two and each fork has gone blind so its not growing upwards at all.Its a fairly young plant with two lower branches which are growing but i need upward growth to get the balance right. I am tempted to cut...

Hi @DaifraeFife I’ve got 4 clematis growing in pots on my patio and all are doing really well. I took advice from a clematis nursery, they said to plant in a large pot, and to water regularly and feed weekly in the growing season and it’s worked for mine.I’ve got Koreana Amber in the front...

My neighbours are lovely people, but they're not great at looking after plants so they're forever bringing things over to me to have. She bought me a sad rhododendron this weekend, which I assume she had put in normal compost. I did offer her some ericaceous as I had a bag left over from my...

How about Griselinia? It's a light green so will brighten your garden and is also available variegated. It grows fast so will need trimming more often.griselinia hedge images - Search Images (bing.com)

They are both spur bearers.

I haven't got a clue what you're talking about?

Thanks for taking the photo, I have a far better idea now. Really appreciate the help.

Pups, catch them all ! Some of them come up in really hard to excavate places. Good roots on some, others not so much.

@Escarpment, thanks but I don't think I will ever understand terms like "white balance". Weirdly, my phone camera takes better flower colours than my camera. I just took this picture of these same Cyclamen, after dark, and the colours are a bit better. Also a photograph of some Nasturtiums...

Here's some of my convolvulus ...