Container Gardening

Lilies not arrived yet; hopefully this week ?Need more advice..... for soil cover in the container after I have planted the bulbs/tubers will something like these Sempervivums at Gardening Express be suitable ?

Honeysuckles like their roots cool and damp and shady. A pot doesn’t sound good.

Well, those Sweet Peas did not last. Out with the old and in with Million Bells.

Not sure of the name of our blue and pink ones but have only just cut ours back this last week, still had a good few flowers on them, but getting too overgrown and smothering other plants out.

Thank you- yes I do have some trailer troughs- I'm lucky that I have flat walls at a good height. I am now thinking of creating a tier of pots,with the big one at the bottom. I'm also considering a bay (laurel) for year round interest. It is so frustrating that now I'm ready to do stuff it is...

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Hi Hope you don't mind me jumping in on your post (newbie) and haven't quite worked out how to post a new question. I too have (had) a beautiful Hakuro-Nishiki. I originally planted it about 8 years ago, but decided it was in the wrong position, so I dug up the rootball last October and...

I've a few plants, like yucca type things, where there is a long woody stem and then a bush of greenery on the end. There's a constant dropping of old leaves and new ones appearing (why they do that, put all the effort into growing a leaf only to throw it off later, I don't know - some seem to...

Just ordered two more shrub roses. "Darcey Bussell" & "The Poet's Wife" to go with the "Roald Dahl" I ordered the other day. Fair old mix of colours to brighten the borders up...

Saw this on internet which inspired me Steps on mine are pared down lolly sticks can-sprayed cherry red Yes neighbour's g/daughter loves it ! This Spring they repainted it

OK, ill see how it goes. I am in a flat so only a couple balconies and then windowsills

Thanks so much Caroline L! We bought two euonymus fortunei emerald gaiety and so far so good...apart from the snail caviar we found under one plant!Hopefully they will make decent spheres before Christmas.

@Laxeiro It's great that they are productive already, enjoy it! Mine have been visited by lovely squirrels.. My guess is that they were quite good, but I'll have to ask the pesky rodents for an opinion, because they left none to try :D

One thing about the container and its strength, be very careful that the type of bamboo you get does not blow the contained area out and you or your neighbour have to start afresh with the screen.

@CanadianLori We are all very utilitarian over here I might try and see if I can get some to seed, if I manage enough plants.

Thank you. We have replanted in a smaller pot and will be more cautious when watering to see if it recovers. Finger crossed!

Thanks Pete. I will stick it in a pot with a SW aspect and hope for the best.

Its probably chlorosis, lack of iron. It needs acidic soil which would allow it to take up iron more easily.You could repot but I would water with sequestrene or chelated iron. Once a season is usually enough.5 x 15g Sachets Sequestered Iron Plant Tonic Feed Food With Magnesium | eBay

I've still got Blushing Bride in a pot on the patio @Victoria, and while it can develop little white flowers it doesn't readily do so. They're unobtrusive in any case.

Just a tip or two.The practice of starting tubers off in trays etc is mainly to aid earlier shoots providing cuttings material. The tubers should be planted with the top of the old stem just showing abobe soil level, either in containers or the open ground.New shoots grow from close to the...