Container Gardening

I used a bit of 3-ply and some stick-on mouldings from B&Q

My garlic was small as well this year. It does well making garlic bread and cooking with.

Cheers you guys! I don't know why doing that didn't cross my mind earlier. It's save loads of money by not buying new stuff and they still look nice.

Hi catwoman.. Hmm if you are using the spare room it needs to be kept very cool & ventilated & you will need to change the air regulary in there.. It will need to be as bright as possible so stand your pots up at window level in front of the window to get this.. An old table is good for...

Thank you so much for your ideas.....I might do half for autumn/winter and then some spring ones too. I love the idea of trailing ivy too.The heucheras is an interesting idea too. Would you mix it with anything or just have that in the basket?

posted before , but look what can you do with few coconuts and a log.on this year

Hi, Thanks for the advice it has made me feel a bit more comfortable in cultivating the tree. I shall look forward to some fruit next year, hopefully!!

An alternative would be to make some "liners" for your troughs (using fibreglass perhaps), plant them up "round the back" somewhere, and then when they are at their best "drop" them into the troughs. That way you won't have any downtime between seasons waiting for plants to come into bloom.

i'd go with dim suggestions for starters, then there's a washington robusta (which i put a pic on your thread in the tropical section)

I have used muscari (grape hyacinth) to give interest at the bottom of the container whilst there's not much happening to the rose but during and after the rose flowers I'd either not underplant at all (coloured pebbles are a good alternative) or I'd use one of the border low-growing ground...

Look forward to seeing pics when they flower next year

Ooo good luck on the 20th Jenny

+1 - bit jealous really, my trailing fuscias are all in bud and it seems like they totally refuse to open...

what about pieris ?buxusor even phormiumsmall conifers

Hi Pete , what about a cavendish banana , that will actually produce edible bananas?will only reach a maximum of 5 feet or 3 feet for superdwarf cavendish. a second option , what about. Heliconias , do well in shadow but need warm .lady palm , can be really expencive , but it would be like...

Er, yes, but be a bit careful. Some of you may recall the disaster I had two years ago when I asked the neighbour to water the plants, and he didn't water the climbing plants by the fence, because he 'didn't realise they were part of the garden'....although I had specifically left him a note...

Nice combiClueless. I think Hostas and Impatiens prefer a shadier site but maybe Nemesia like it sunnier? Someone will be around to correct me I expect. When you do a planter mix, its not always possible to accommodate each plant's favourite spot....

After all that faffing and buying a Choisya, I ended up moving one of the other Rhodos into that spot cos it was getting rather tall and outgrowing its pot. I'ts gonna be a monster! Unfortunately I managed to break off some flowers on the other Rhodos while doing it. Thanks for the...

Bleach it is then. Thanks all.Rusty

Looks like this year 1st June !!! Spruce