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Wow @silu that is fantastic!! Just the kind of advice I needed. Going to get my book out later and look up your suggestions. I'm happy to have several pots that I can change with the seasons for all year round interest.Excited about putting this all together.

Much of bonsai growing is mainly just basic horticulture in that you are trying to raise a strong and healthy plant. The artistic shaping accounts for only a small part of it.After hard pruning the chilli plant, I would let it grow wild in a cheap training container (can be any container with...

Just to throw a little spanner in the works regarding aquilegias:I bought a very pretty aquilegia from Shineyland in 2014 (may have been 2013 though ). I also moved house later that year. In 2015, it flowered again beautifully and I collected some seeds (sent some to a fellow GC member if I...

Just found this pic from last year of my other one

I know two of the bulbs are narcissus and crocus but remember the third one will have to call into the garden center where I got them and find out.

Coward

Hi,270 - wow , you must have a large garden and a large greenhouse to keep them in !If you had a batch that failed certainly worth a mail to T&M, though a photo of the poor ones does help your case. Seems the plug plants are mainly sold out , so perhaps they can only off a refund rather...

Ha ha, yes, I've ordered a kit online, but didnt want to have to drive all the way to the shops today-luckily had a red cabbage in the fridge yes, whatever happens, i'll try potting them before getting rid...hate to chuck anything out!i think the name refers to knap hill or exbury...

I would leave it until the spring now.

Hi, I was given an orchid and I am successfully on my second lot of flowers now, I was told to water with rain water once a fortnight, which I have been doing and I'm very pleased with myself. They are on the kitchen windowsill in the bright light with a lot of sun as well. I have 3 shoots...

If the plant is spindly then taking cuttings is a good way of pruning it fairly hard back.

Oh dear, I guess I'll just have to see what happens

Thanks for this. I forgot to mention i'm on a budget, so can't plant rifts of say Sea Holly (i wish i could !). These are all great suggestions. I might have to stick with Viola's (not keen on Pansies as they always get bedraggled after a few weeks) Dahlia's and Chrysanthemums. I planted some...

more orchids... pic. L. flores

Absolute bargain @Anthony Rogers! 2p you lucky sod! ..gotta get me some tiger lillies, that top one with the spots is gorgeous!

Thanks Pete( and Dai)

did you have also a little soil around the roots or bare roots?

Thanks for the expert advice here. I'll overwinter it and also do some cuttings as u describe and give it a go. I must have watered them too much in the past, hence the mouldy problem.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Looks a bit like an Aspidistra.