Other Plants

I'd use Sundews round the pond instead.

thank you Sumbody its ok Clueless, they're not actually gnomes...they're leprechauns

Give them a foliar feed and they will soon grow. Seaweed i found best. G

Aurea is an attractive variety. Dunno about the colour if it is in the shade though, sometimes shade enhances variegations (that get bleached out in bright sun). Its going to grow nearly a foot a year, although probably won't do much in the first year, so a 3-footer sounds OK

that a wise choice .....good ...you saved me a 5 ....unless I see a variegated version and will buy it

Although in my experience cheaper bought from the garden centre. Pharmacy tends to sell very small amounts, which are correspondingly more expensive - although if mixed with water you may not need very much and a garden-centre bag might wind up lasting you a lifetime!

I took one at random: Chempak Fully Balanced Feed - Formula #3 - makes 1,600 litres 2Kg pack of Miracle Gro makes 160 watering cans - how big are they? :( 10L each maybe So cost per litre is much-of-a-muchness Both will do a similar job. Only benefit of Chempak is if you want several,...

Agreed! But, to be even more honest ... ... what variety of fatsia do you have? I did a google on your problem and I noticed that some fatsias are indeed silver - or, at least, have silver threads running through them = variety rather than any specific problems. Is it possible that, even...

I can't back this up, but I have a feeling they flower less if they are better fed. Ones I've seen growing in the wild and doing well have to compete with trees and established hedges for nutrients. From what I've seen (again, not backed up), you get either lots of flowers or lots of foliage,...

Woven Weed-Membrane and bark mulch perhaps? I'm sure you've thought of it, but something that flowers around the anniversary perhaps?

On top of the drama re the rose, now I've started putting my specs on in the garden I've started to see things and wish I couldn't! The honeysuckle was growing well, but I found the flowers at the tips of shoots al black and crumbly. What is this and will it affect the clematis right next to it?

It'll be a while before they're ready! When I say slowly, I mean slowly!!!

Excellent!!!! Val

Well, they arrived today and not one of them was the plants that were originally offered - instead they sent 2 x Tree Peonies (Rockii) and 1 x Hibiscus Sugared Almond. As they are bareroot, they are soaking in a bucket overnight to plant out tomorrow - any tips on what sort of locations these...

Coolsox - I'm green with envy!

I remember that, it was a horrible mess! I have been pulling them up like you said, but this week (I don't know if it is because we got the sunshine?) this week they have just gone mental, everywhere I look ......... trouble is I really don't want them in the veggies. guess I shall have to...

i have had a look at both plants and they seem to be doing ok (fingers crossed) thanks for the encouraging words and replies

Glad you like it, Elizabeth. For me, when building the pond, I wasn't happy with the messing about with filters, chemicals, uv lightss etc, as it was too much time and expense involved. I wanted something really natural that once in balance would run itself. Geoff Hamilton was/is a Hero...

Well, I must be doing something right - ten of the 73 have started to germinate so far