Container Gardening

Thanks Verdun. They are out of stock at the moment, but hopefully not for long. Thanks again. Cheers, Laurence

Google Cranesbill NurseryHave a look at that site. Some of those Cranesbill varieties look great in containers, as they tend to form large, rounded balls of flower. You could inter-plant them with taller species to get a similar effect to that which you see in those images.HTHWobbly-John

You dont say what variety of ceanothus you have nightofjoy.......they vary from low mounds to trees, Trewithen Blue for example. All ceanothus are fairly fast growers and relatively short lived. None of them like to be pruned apart from light trimming. None of them are really container...

Not really since one was dug up on my allotment yesterday to make way for a new fence. Wouldn't have minded so much, but it wasn't really in their way.

thank you - no expert but you know an awful lot more than i do! thanks again, will do. karaman

My thoughts would be that that is not the rootstock, but I'm no expert and stand to be corrected.

I did know about the Honeysuckle, but I only bought it last summer and as Clueless1 has said its intent on going vertical at moment. I'm not sure yet whether it will remain in the pot. Just thought a little extra colour is never a bad thing. I'm thinking annuals might work now.

Thanks Pete - a bigger pot then for the time being. Unfortunately I have this habit of buying things that I see without considering where on earth I'm going to put them!

I can imagine!!.....................As if there isn't enough to do in the garden!

Dwarf Pieris with a couple of Heucheras would look good.

I use Growmore in containers for a spring feed . As above just a light sprinkling is OK - then lightly work it in with the point of a trowel .

@pete Yes, I realized after I posted.. what it sounded like. And of course it would have an excellent chance of fruiting if the seed came from a fruit. I edited the post with the word 'big'. Being potted and all, I just don't want to see small inedible fruit. Thank you for being SO tactful with...

@Wobblycogs How did your container planting go and what did you end up putting in it? Would love to see it

Thanks for the info, and for the beautiful photo!

I wonder if I could possibly pick your brains on your watering system, I am helping to develop a new version of our flood/leak detection and prevention system. At the moment it only switches water off if flow is detected for a set amount of time (shuts of the mains water and sounds an alarm), we...

Thank you for appreciation!

All my examples are easy to find in most garden centres. Not quite so easily found but really choice and worth the effort is Ipheon "Rolf Feidler"...............Other summer bloomers could include the less common Lilies; Lilium michauxii..................Lilium martagon....................

I planted the bulbs just over three weeks ago does anyone know about how long it tales the bulbs to start sprouting.

Harry, we must have overwhelmed him with our knowledge.lol

Thanks for the replies. I'll do a re-pot and feed and see how we get on. It's one of my favourite shrubs and would like to try and get some life back into it. This photo is from just a couple of years ago.