Container Gardening

This is why location is a factor B.[/USER] The seed would struggle to be viable and then germinate and grow over winter conditions here. People often moan about the amount of Verbena bonariensis they get seeding around. They're a rarity here for self seeding. If I get any, it's when they seed...

I agree with all the expert opinions and advice given, Stephen, but, as Spruce said, taking the tree out to inspect the roots will probably have a negative effect, especially during the growing season, so it might not recover, but I hope I'm wrong.You might find a compost mixture of three...

I will indeed Is it Scrungee? I have ZERO idea!

Fairly sure I mentioned this to JS in another thread ... in fact, I know I did because I offered him one and @shiney suggested if we both made it to shineyland this year I could give it to him there (ever practical our shiney!)

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...

Lovely! Really nice scheme there. May I ask what the brightish pink one in pics one and two is? Thank you.

It's the one about 100 yards opposite the wright car centre and heatherland. Never been to premier, but thanks, that's on my visit list now!

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They are dwarf...relatvely dwarf....but they need better treatment than the usual buddleias. Buddleia buzz ivory and magenta are two I grow (in the ground)

Thanks for the tip M.Got round to making some square to round containers today also some tubs with climbing frames built into them to many ideas not enough time.

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

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...

I have before made figs in port sauce. Goes very well duck. I ate it once at an hotel restaurant and decided to make it myself when I get home. Also included butternut squash puree. I did have a photo of it but I must have deleted it. It was lovely. Very colourful too.G.

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.

I like your Stream of Forget-me-Nots Kristen. I have several urn-shaped pots on their sides and usually put Pansies or Petunias in them but now think I may create a 'stream' of Verbenas which go on for years here.Thanks for the idea! I also put hanging baskets in pots for convenience as...

Many thanks for last two comments jenny and spruce - to be honest plant choice was nothing to do with bees - just happen to like the cottagy/wild look and limited myself to a blue/purple/pink/white palette - but the lazy droning sound is quite pleasing in a way - insectly industrious but at the...

HelloHow about using those plastic/rubber type trugs, like these -Can get them really cheaply in lots of colours from so many places - should be easy to keep clean and bright and also move about what with the handles.Natalie

Hi Melinda I have just planted some Anemones for the first time. When I opened the packet it looked like I had bought a packet of stones !- They are a peculiar shape. I understand they are not fussy which way you plant them...........but if you are unsure replant them now. 5 months is a long...

Bought them from them from the local pound shop Stingo guess what they were a pound,they had a label on from a company called roots&shoots not the usual blackspur stuff,they seem well made.

I've seen plants in very bad condition this week in several shops in town, I just want to gather them all up bring them home & nurse them back to heath!