General Gardening Discussion

It's probably hungry and may be thirsty, altho this variety doesn't like to be too wet. It's also tender so, if you can't plant it in the ground in a sheltered spot, you'll need to find a much bigger container so its roots can spread and feed the plant which, when happy, grows to between 3 and...

Thanks @fairygirl . It's amazing how much ground space ivy takes up - so slowly that you don't realise it. I'm left with a wide strip between mature plants and the trellis fence. Neighbours intend to plant a rambling rose. I hope I've persuaded them not to get a rampant rector or the new bed...

No idea. I never try.

Thanks. I'll take a look.

Thanks, useful info, will definitely think carefully then where it should go !

August 2024 photos

Thanks for your responses all. I might start cutting back and see if what i'm left with is worth saving, perhaps it won't be. When in bloom is was very very nice and tbh, even when not, its form made it a bit of a favourite. It just seems a bit sad now.

For info I've uploaded a photo of a section of rudbeckia stem that died from Verticillium wilt.

Ha! Thank you for these recommendations. I'll have a look now.

No, but it’s very pretty. Here’s an interesting article about Woolworths and plants.'Horti' - a history of the Woolworth Garden DeptOne in three daffodils and tulips in British gardens today came from a Woolworths shop? Amazing.

Vinca does tooooo well. The variegated one is well-behaved and welcome. Not keen on most phlox either - but the slugs are extremely partial to them. Haven't tried corncockles. Catananche were lovely this year, but it's a bit of a wait for them to flower from seed. I hope they survive until...

Ah - that's good. Hopefully you'll still get a flower or three this year I grew it [the blue one] donkey's years ago, and when I discovered there was a white variety, only recently, I got some. It's been great and the bees just love it. I don't think it'll seed successfully for me here, but I...

I can never believe that I actually brought it with me from my last garden (I hadn't planted it there). I thought it would make a nice, well behaved clump in a corner. How wrong was I. Even in the coldest, darkest Winter the berries remain untouched by the birds.

Try repotting in to a leafmould rich gritty compost. Water infrequently and leave in a relatively light area not in strong sunlight. This may kill, or cure it.

Sea asparagus , often in pasta where we previously lived.

The strawberry tree, Arbutus unedo, is evergreen with bright shiny leaves and sprays of white flowers which develop into fruits like strawberries, popular with blackbirds. It doesn’t usually need pruning but can be shaped and maintained to whatever height you prefer.

Lonicera fragrans. Winter flowering honeysuckle. Non climbing shrub, not evergreen, flowers Dec/ March depending on location. Corylopsis spicata. Witchazel. Sarcocca.

Is this reliably perennial? Not something I have ever grown, but neighbour has a lovely specimen so I wondered if it was worth giving the plant a try.

It shouldn't kill it if done at the right time, I suppose disease getting in can always be possible, its a risk you always take when cutting any tree back.Just use a clean saw and leave a clean non jagged finish to the cut, be careful not to rip the bark,so do a rough cut further up to take...

I looked up S. nigra aurea because I didn't think it should have red berries, it should just be a gold version of our native elder, so a purple black berry? However looking online it's got me more confused as half the pictures again look like they show two species. The nigra aurea should have...