Container Gardening

Thanks for responding - in the bin it goes

One of the things about Buddleja's is that they take extremely easily from cuttings so you could always start another off in case the original one kicks the bucket......having said that since Buddleja's can be found unwanted and unloved on waste ground, old industrial sites, buildings, roofs,...

If it's any help..i did have some success with a jasmine that grew for years in our conservatory and scented the whole house when it was in bloom. It needed a fair bit of maintenance and it only went out the door when it outgrew the room!

This summer, you just know we are going to want to see pictures of them planted up, don't you?

This pastime could get to be habit forming, but this is definitely the last one.

Oh sh** @Anthony Rogers I'll get them in pots straight away. Cheers

Will let you know in the morning when I go in the garage. There are two types of liquid slug/snail killer - the one for areas where there are only flowers, shrubs etc. the other is good for allotments, raised beds and areas where there are fruit and veg. We used the one for shrubs/ flowers. You...

Thanks Pete - what I was hoping was the case with it. Believe it or not, I got it as somewhat of an experiment after encouragement from a leading bonsai forum to downsize it to bonsai, but now we've seen the leaf size & type we're not quite so sure on its potential . But i'm happy enough to...

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Garden is looking rather colourful

They all have a hole in the middle.

It'll do far better in the ground. Here's a photo from five years ago of a Jasmine that we planted ten years beforehand.From the other side..............The steel hoops that I used to form the arch rotted away and it is now self-supporting.

Gareth You are rather unlucky. I have never had caterpillars on any of the plants you mention. Brassicas yes, Aquilegia yes, gooseberries, tomatoes and chillies yes and other assorted plants. I generally pick off them or for bad infestations I use an organic insecticide containing fatty acids...

Colinn, this is lovely! I think I'm going to steal this idea and like Lolimac mentioned, do it as a bench. Beautiful.

@chris_elevate Anything you have in a planter will need more frequent watering. At the moment I'm having to water everything every couple of days because we've had so little rain. You will also need to re-pot every few years (and root prune if you're putting it back in the same container).If...

I have verbena in a hanging basket that I water daily. It grew back from last year and flowered well. It is now past the flowering stage.With the hotter weather, the stalks have all gone brown, dry and hard all the way to the soil (it is a short plant though). I am now wondering whether it...

I'm lucky @"M" because I work from home but if I go on hols I will remember that tip, thank you! I wouldn't have thought of freezing it. Great suggestion!

Hi Adam,Calm down a bit It's way too early to be thinking about what is going to happen in 4 or 5 months time. I don't really want to go into all the detail now as by the time it comes to the right time it'll all be forgotten. Or it'll be lost in the threads.Just for the next few months...

Hi Adam That planter looks fine to me, I grow my dahlia's two to a 40 litre tub and they are quite happy and reach full size, Regards alex

Thank you, I'll go in search of some of these!