@Kevin CowansI’m potting off penstemon cuttings today and it reminded me of your post.The picture below is of P. Sour Grapes cuttings which I...
I’m also getting impatient with my amaryllis bulbs! However one point to note. If you store them in the fridge, please make sure you don’t have...
@Donna Crossman - I’m pleased to see that progress is being made. As a rough rule of thumb, those buds with colour showing will be fully open in...
Kilburn Glow - a water lily type. For some reason, I find photographing red flowers with my phone tricky but this one was growing in some dappled...
@Donna Crossman - have you fed your dahlias at all? A feed with too much nitrogen in it will cause the dahlias to grow lots of lush green foliage...
I appreciate that the OP wasn’t necessarily seeking advice on neem oil but as several posters mention it, I would point out that it is not...
@He who dares - in my opinion, no it’s not too late is the answer. Your greatest problem may be in finding non-flowering cutting material as it...
@fairygirl - I’ve also been waging a battle against the snails and slugs. I garden very naturally as I get a lot of hedgehogs and I don’t like...
Carolina Moon - a water lily type.[ATTACH]
Conifer hedges which go brown can also be suffering from disease, fungus or aphid attack. As @ViewAhead says, hopefully it’s the growing...
The Soil Association has a list of names under their soil testing section. In addition, a simple ‘soil testing’ Google highlighted several other...
Vine weevil? Possibly a bit early in the season for grubs but if the plant was hot-house raised, the life cycle may be earlier than normal. Is...
@GaGa73 - I think one of the reasons it is wet is because it is on a paved surface. All composts make what is known as ‘compost tea’ which in an...
@GaGa73 - someone will be along before too long who is a better composting expert than me. However, some initial points.Compost bins work...
I suspect when I purchased my bench, 30 odd years ago, computerised wood carving was in its infancy and Grinling Gibbons was long since dead....
I have a Barlow Tyrie, London style bench. It’s circa 32 years old and as good as the day it was purchased.Indeed, I needed a sit down on it...
@tattie - we are a Livngstone Daisy family and have grown them for 20 years or so. Mostly from seed but just occasionally, bought in plants from...
@Kitty52Thanks for posting some pictures.I am assuming that the picture below is a bird’s eye view of a cut stalk. If so, then the old stalk...
[ATTACH] @Kitty52 - here is a photo of one of my tubers this year. The area circled in blue is what is known as the crown/collar and it is from...
@Kitty52 - I think one of your stubborn ones is a new tuber when referring back to your original post so that’s disappointing. Any pictures? As...
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