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Tulips in tub

Garddio a mwy is back on Monday on S4C and iPlayer.

I spent the afternoon gardening. The gravel slope bed is much tidier now and I've put another bag of grit on it. I did a lot of moss removal. There was a lot in the aubretia, fiddly to get out. I should have cut back the aubretia last year, it's straggly.I cut down the fuchsia Delta Sarah...

I used to root zonal pelargoniums in water, then pot them up. I do that for penstemons too.I hope @lizzie27's eye is getting better. I've had that problem before.This morning I went to the monthly church coffee morning. There was a yummy Simnel cake. I love marzipan.Cedric didn't come...

@Ergates If you leave them to set seed and they're happy they soon spread.

Hi @ChiveTalkingIt's looking nice and healthy! I think you will probably get flowers this year.Just one thing to note, as it is a newly planted rose, it will require even more water.There is some information here for David Austin roses, but I'm sure the same applies to most roses: How to...

On an old footpath we found a dozen giant badger holes, and a cool parasitic plant. I searched and found "toothwort" as a match. Cool!Cowslips are coming out, a bit later than primroses, and I found nearby a patch what seems like a hybrid? is this the natural polyanthus hybrid? really...

Got these the other day from farmyard nurseries, can't remember what most of them are now but for agapanthus twister - ageratum corymbosum - mix of aplines - isodon and few others. Bit of a mix up on one of the plants I've mentioned it and they did ring me back but unfortunately I were out, I'll...

We are in our caravan on the top of an exposed hill in the Clwydians. 9 out there and the wind is lifting. We have squally showers. It's quite dramatic but we are battened down and warm.

Please let us know how it goesI haven't tried from seed either but will probably have to as the plants I've bought here don't do well in heat and drought, tho I feed them rotted horse poo every autumn and spring and keep them watered. They have a tendency to bolt and are nowhere near as...

Coelogyne cristata Correa Pink Mist has been flowering for months Dendrobium kingianum. I have 2 pots, sourced from different suppliers (accidentally). This one flowers far more than the other.