My 50 quid limit would only be reached very, very rarely and only if I couldn't grow from seed. What I really enjoy doing is taking cuttings or...
I've had a container grown laurus nobilis (bay) for about 8 years, but this year it's looking very sad. It's on a 4th floor terrace, but pretty...
Thanks again, everyone - I see we're descending into comedy here, but keep 'em coming! I'll let you know what happens as time goes on. I've...
Thanks very much for responding, everyone! The plastic spikes must be the ones I've seen mentioned. Lyn, your link to Tameside website also helps...
Not allowed, unfortunately, but thanks for the suggestion. We're very listed indeed and you can barely put yourself outside without permission!...
I understand you can eat the little blue flowers - presumably, one you've washed 'em! Scatter them in your salads. I haven't tried it myself yet,...
'orrible here in London - cold wind and chucking it down. I don't even mind being at work on a day like this!
All I have to grow things in at the moment is two troughs on the balcony (listed building, can't do much else) and now I've got pigeons landing on...
Thanks, all. The 60 litres bag I've got my eye on should be OK, then.Youngdaisy I Googles too, but when you key in your request on the sites...
I'm buying new JI no. 2 for the containers this year, but have come up against an unexpected problem. I've got a trolley which will take up to 25...
Great! Thanks very much - this bush is particularly gorgeous and I'd be sorry to lose it. I'll have a go at the weekend!
My lavender has been growing happily for about 10 years in a container but is now very woody and leggy. Is it possible to save it by pruning hard...
Thanks Pete, I'll do as you suggest. Thank goodness for this chatroom!
My passion-flower's got loads of very thin branches straggling along the railing on top of the wall against which it's planted. It's pretty windy...
I'm in central London - hot, humid, smelly - but there's mackerel sky overhead and some nice grey stuff heading our way. The birds have stopped...
Hey guys, anyone mind if I use some of these fantastic pix to copy in coloured pencil? I'm learning to be a botanical artist and these are just...
Wow! Gorgeous - I'll try and take a pic to add to the site too. Just heard from the friend on whose terrace the plant is growing and she says that...
Thanks Pete - just proves how wrong the little card stuck in the pot can be! It clearly says don't feed - obviously very, very wrong! :( We've...
If it had turned out to be something exotic I wouldn't have minded so much, but I just Googled it a an image and it's the caterpillar of the small...
Thanks for the reply, L of L - I'll try that. I just assumed that, as I bought it in a container and it lives in one filled with JI compost, that...
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