Container Gardening

Hi Val Thank you plus as well the bees love it as it flowers before practically anything else Spruce

He's just got some new Jeans Spruce...bet they would be hard wearing

Depends on the rootstock I've got an apple three on m9 (I think) rootstock which I a dwarfing rootstock and that is in a 55l container. But it will outgrow that eventually so it will either be repotted into a larger container or root pruned or both. Hope this helps Dan

I got an email from Franchi/Seeds of Italy on 25th April suggesting Spring Garlic could still be planted. It seems a bit late to me, but you could always try some - choose a softneck variety and get them in PDQ.

This is definitely Kentia palm - Howea forsteriana Val

Oh, the Mother of All Excuses! Mum, I love you My favourite pastime number 1 is of course gardening, closely followed by number 2, reading gardening books while sipping nice wine. I was gently advised by Mr Selleri that I might want to concentrate more on pastime number one, just for health...

Try a Cucumber called Cryistal Apple, grows to the size of an apple with yellow skin. Trevor

She has indeed gone for the fake balls option (ooer missus)

Oops , I will try to do a better pic later as this one shows ' yet' another of my bargains that died on route

Hi Philip,not exactly what you had in mind,but some colourful Violas in full flower would look great.

Oh I see...I was just starting to think that these pots were more trouble than they're worth! Polystyrene it is!

I was going to suggest alpines too. I think they look lovely in any sort of low planter

Well done getting the basil germinated, they can be a bit tricky to get going

During cold weather plants in containers (above ground) are always much colder [at their roots] than plants in the ground - the cold quickly penetrates the container from all sides, whereas the ground it has to penetrate from above only and there is heat "below" from Mother Earth. I keep new...

You would get a better rootball, over time, if you "pot-on" successively rather than pot straight into a large container. But I have no idea whether that would make any difference, over time, to a container-grown Acer ??

Not me, but I have seen this done elsewhere, they used a 160mm waste pipe (I guess you could also use 110mm) then they drilled 50mm holes at different heights and at different places around the pipe, then suspended it all with some galvanized wire.............as per the link below, you will need...

Ok ty - other people are telling me the same thing. I will rethink. Again!

Never thought of that! I might try and plant it tmor somewhereSent from my GT-N7000

I don't see the need for too much depth unless you are growing root crops such as parsnips or long carrots. If you start at 12" you still have the chance at the end of a season to add another layer to make them deeper. I would give it at least 2 growing seasons before deciding.

I have always struggled to get a true blue clematis as i alway think they look more purple. However the ones i thought were the most blue are the clematis lady northcliffe and the Clematis Beauty of Worchester, although can still look more purple in colour at times. I also love the clematic...