Container Gardening

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...

Hi,As far as we are aware, normal compost is treated with enough fertiizer to last up to 6 weeks. Nothing to stop you adding some Osmacote slow release ferilizer like you typically use in hanging baskets.If you want to enrich it more suggest you use the ready prepared Farmyard manures like...

I really feel for you. Thats terrible and I concur with everyone else. Though as an idea if you are planning to move in the near future, how about just making the area decorative for your own purposes while you are still living there. You still need to enjoy your home space. Maybe artificial...

@CanadianLori Yes, it really saves lots of space and it goes quite fast once one gets the hang of it ! Today it was raining all day, so I have been lazy but tomorrow I will prepare some more

I use lots of pallets wood, which is tipically treated, and other recycled materials, so I line mine cheaply with a few layers of either black bin bags or compost bags. That should be safe enough.

So.......I decided to go back to the shop and get a couple, one a nice variegated one so that`s them potted on as they had a very healthy root system. I mulched to top of the pots with bark so hopefully will keep the slugs at bay.

Brilliant ideas. Thank you!

Sounds like that might help. Check with parents if they have been feeding theirs - if so that may be all that yours need to cheer them up.

Just thought you might like to see the impact repotting has had on our Susan!

There is century-old science that water will not readily move between layers - so better to organise the bottom to be soil-to-air rather than soil-to-gravel-to-air ... but ... when I see that it says nothing about a clay pot with only one drainage hole in the middle and providing a means for...

Greetings from Shoreham-by-Sea.I have a wonderful (to my eyes), greatly overcrowded, but very healthy Aloe Vera in our north-facing bay window. I say healthy, well, the main, upright section recently collapsed under its weight, but, at the same time it has produced two flower spikes, so it...

It's a characteristic pf Clematis Armandii that initially worries many a new owner , Adam let me/us know how you get on with it as once it's settled in the ground it will grow away at quite a rate and will flower for you next year if it doesn't this year.

I bought plugs ... cheap as chips Van Meuwen have knobbled their website at present, so i can't see Qty/Prices, can't remember exactly but around 10-20p eachby the Autumn they were ready (but I didn't plant until early Summer following year)

Looks like Ficus carica , never seen one grown as a house plant before.They tend to be deciduous when growing outdoors, I'm really surprised it has leaves at this time of the year.

Yeah, its a thug. Don't plant it out, don't share its container with anything else, and don't let its roots escape into the soil through the drainage holes.

I've never thought much of them for plants, but maybe their plant quality has improved?I do buy, and have been very happy with, a lot of bulbs from them (actually from their Parkers Wholesale arm - they seem to be happy to sell bulbs in relatively small quantities)Out of curiosity I had a...

Thanks fellas. Can't say what variety it is as - along with a couple of other similarly affected varieties - it was rescued from a deceased's garden.

Thank you both for your words of wisdom! Will definitely take a look at all that you’ve mentioned-thank you!