Gardening Discussions Mon, 16 Mar 2026 05:20:21 +0000 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 05:20:21 +0000 Gardeners Corner - The Friendly Gardening Forum https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/forums/gardening-discussions.102/ Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:49:30 +0000 https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/couple-of-questions-re-oriental-lilies.137154/ https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/couple-of-questions-re-oriental-lilies.137154/ invalid@example.com (hailbopp) hailbopp I have two varieties ( see photos) which are spectacular every year despite total neglect. They have never been fed in over at least 10 years and lucky to get watered if I can be bothered. I have had them so long it is time for a change.
I have just dug them up and potted them to...

Couple of questions re Oriental Lilies]]> 6 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 01:34:40 +0000 https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/where-could-i-move-this-to.137153/ https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/where-could-i-move-this-to.137153/ invalid@example.com (BB3) BB3 View attachment 254012 View attachment 254013 This plant has been in the pot for well over 5 years, maybe closer to 10.
I can't remember the name of it so ID would be useful.
I want to repot it into a larger, nicer container
It is in a sheltered position and gets a bit of sun from east and west . It can stay where it is but I wondered where else I could put it]]> 5 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 20:54:32 +0000 https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/what-should-i-try-and-get-for-them.137145/ https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/what-should-i-try-and-get-for-them.137145/ invalid@example.com (hailbopp) hailbopp The person who donated them ( going into sheltered housing and sad to be leaving her garden...

What should I try and get for them?]]> 18 Sat, 07 Mar 2026 08:12:20 +0000 https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/would-upgrading-to-36v-ryobi-mower-stop-it-slowing-down.137137/ https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/would-upgrading-to-36v-ryobi-mower-stop-it-slowing-down.137137/ invalid@example.com (james_uk) james_uk
When I set the cut height up to the 3rd or 4th setting it doesn't cut out as such like when on the 2nd height, but as I am mowing upwards I start to hear the motor slowing a lot, which is a pain but does the job. The only...

would upgrading to 36v Ryobi mower stop it slowing down]]> 17 Tue, 03 Mar 2026 17:56:43 +0000 https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/nerines-bowden.137097/ https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/nerines-bowden.137097/ invalid@example.com (GreenFingeredPete) GreenFingeredPete 10 Mon, 02 Mar 2026 09:59:59 +0000 https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/what-to-plant-in-my-borders-suggestions.137110/ https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/what-to-plant-in-my-borders-suggestions.137110/ invalid@example.com (Adam1303) Adam1303


I did some DIY landscaping last year, installing a sandstone path/patio area in my front garden with borders either side (3ft wide, 10ft long).

I planted some annuals between rose bushes I had planted 2 years ago (stromboli either end, and chinatown in the middle), just so it'd look pretty the year of the works being done.



I'm now looking for something more permanent, given I dont want to be spending hundreds every year on annuals and I dont have the time anymore to grow from seed...

What to plant in my borders? (Suggestions)]]> 11 Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:50:00 +0000 https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/hedge-dying.137109/ https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/hedge-dying.137109/ invalid@example.com (Sydney Carton) Sydney Carton
Hedge dying?]]> 1 Sat, 28 Feb 2026 16:51:56 +0000 https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/what-died-on-you-this-winter.131738/ https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/what-died-on-you-this-winter.131738/ invalid@example.com (pete) pete
I'd be kind of interested to know what has been killed that would have sailed through most winters until this one.
Basically stuff that has been around for more than 15 years as the last really bad freeze I remember was around 2009.]]> 67 Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:07:54 +0000 https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/mature-thyme.137101/ https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/mature-thyme.137101/ invalid@example.com (Phil Clark) Phil Clark 4 Tue, 24 Feb 2026 21:29:18 +0000 https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/hardy-fuchsia.137087/ https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/hardy-fuchsia.137087/ invalid@example.com (Fat Controller) Fat Controller
Until last year, I had a hydrangea in a fairly large pot which was OK, but the early heat and prolonged dry spell last year did for it - no matter how much I watered, I simply wasn't keeping up and it died, so now I only have the pot...

Now, I am wanting 'something' there,...

Hardy fuchsia?]]> 24 Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:12:27 +0000 https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/advice-or-ideas-on-narrow-garden-landscaping-partitioning-and-dealing-with-a-raised-patio.136785/ https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/advice-or-ideas-on-narrow-garden-landscaping-partitioning-and-dealing-with-a-raised-patio.136785/ invalid@example.com (Dan1981) Dan1981
My garden is a narrow rectangle. Around 5.5m wide and 25m long.

Immediately out of the back door of the house there is a patio which is full width (5.5m) and about 4-5m in length.

We go down some inset steps about 1.2m in height to the lawn area, which is about 3.5m wide by 9m long and bordered by 1m wide planting borders.

Beyond the lawn is an area of slabbing before 2 sheds, and at the very bottom of the garden a mature maple tree about 10m in height, and rear access gate....

Advice or ideas on narrow garden landscaping, partitioning and dealing with a raised patio]]> 164 Sun, 22 Feb 2026 15:35:42 +0000 https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/root-trainer-barrier-in-bought-plant-ok-to-plant.137078/ https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/root-trainer-barrier-in-bought-plant-ok-to-plant.137078/ invalid@example.com (Erigeron) Erigeron View attachment 253135

Thanks!]]> 8 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:32:42 +0000 https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/gqt.137050/ https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/gqt.137050/ invalid@example.com (GreenFingeredPete) GreenFingeredPete
If so do we have any favourite panelist?

So today a bit of surprise for Beth Coredon and a extended feature on grow lights.]]> 9 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 09:00:06 +0000 https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/moving-a-david-austin-shrub-rose.137039/ https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/moving-a-david-austin-shrub-rose.137039/ invalid@example.com (Nickoslesteros) Nickoslesteros
A few years ago i accidently planted a Roald Dahl rose right in a cluster of petennial oriental poppies. Because they are tap rooted i can't move these, so I think I need to move my rose, and thought this was a good time to do it.

Any tips? My plan was to prune so it looked a bit like a bare root rose and dig out what i can of it's roots without harming the poppies.

Is there anything i should consider?

Many thanks]]> 4 Sat, 07 Feb 2026 23:22:20 +0000 https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/clematis-planning.137037/ https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/clematis-planning.137037/ invalid@example.com (Robodendron) Robodendron
I'm planning buying a Clematis Alpina and a Cirrhosa to help decorate a fence and a wall. There are tensioned wires along these, and likely there'll be other climbers to help the Clematis grasp their way up. I'm looking at how to avoid too much bare wood at the bottom of the Clematis(es) as the plants mature.

The advice (they're both Group 1) seems to be to prune back to...

Clematis planning]]> 2 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 17:08:59 +0000 https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/where-to-go-and-what-can-i-expect.136987/ https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/where-to-go-and-what-can-i-expect.136987/ invalid@example.com (simone_in_wiltshire) simone_in_wiltshire The little things that I did like planting lavender and wildflowers in the raised beds were destroyed by the fox, and one needs to be very strong not to get desperate.
There is not much space and if these little things are destroyed, the overall picture...

Where to go and what can I expect]]> 60 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:51:01 +0000 https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/acanthus-pruning.136995/ https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/acanthus-pruning.136995/ invalid@example.com (Simon Peake) Simon Peake View attachment 251887 Hi, looks like the frost has got to the leaves on my acanthus but there looks like some new leafs starting to come through as well am I best to leave the plant until March/April time and then prune the damaged leafs etc, thanks.]]> 4 Fri, 02 Jan 2026 12:46:27 +0000 https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/new-years-day-flowers-2026.136957/ https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/new-years-day-flowers-2026.136957/ invalid@example.com (JennyJB) JennyJB
This year we have:

The usual suspects - winter jasmine, viburnum, sarcococca, hellebore, cyclamen coum and bedding cyclamen, buds of pieris.
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The hangers-on - a few flowers left on salvias (Amistad, Pink Amistad, Blue Note, Angel wings, Viola's Darling, Dyson's Joy), a fuchsia, a knautia (one of the Melton Pastels), Aster Ezo Murasaki, a bedding rudbeckia, erigeron, feverfew,...

New Year's Day flowers 2026]]> 13 Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:22:09 +0000 https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/2025-happy-christmas-happy-new-year.136897/ https://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/threads/2025-happy-christmas-happy-new-year.136897/ invalid@example.com (Spruce) Spruce
Time for us to have a relax, then back to pruning , choosing seeds, plants for 2026.

just like to take this opportunity to thank the Administration for all there commitment it is appreciated and you know who you are.

Spruce

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I have collected a lot of New England Aster seed heads a few weeks ago. Now I've come to go through them I'm not convinced there's viable seed. They just don't look plump enough, they look really thin and shriveled.

They did go on flowering really late and I'm thinking they maybe just didn't get pollinated.

Unsure. Just wondered what other people's thoughts were. I've put some pictures on under magnification.

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