General Gardening Discussion

Morning all.

The wind has battered a lot of mine but managed to get a few pics on n off in focus Firstly for @Sheal xCanna Ehemanii Hanging baskets for a charity gig Tomoz Acheillia ?? callistemon Pallidus salvia neon Calla Hercules A puff ball...i think

In the past he has said its fine to walk the dogs on his land-he hasnt done anything to look after it at all and it's been an overgrown mess! The farmer is fuming as she constantly gets weeds etc in her fields for her animals.

My pink salvia

I suppose it would take up too much space for me to put up photos of plants from Shineyland

This year I have bought 8 named varieties of Bearded IrisActressKent PrideNight EditionSpreckelsFiesta TimeCodicilClassic LookRip City

Huge flowered seedling, maybe worth registering.

I will be taking cutting if people are interested

Just a minor slip I suppose, but (to be strictly correct) the name of the aforementioned orange SP is in fact 'Geoff Hughes'....rather than 'Geoffrey Hughes'.I'll get me coat!

I don't often buy plants but village/charity plant sales are too good an opportunity to pass up, both in terms of freeing up space by getting shot of surpluss seedlings and divisions and also for cheap plants that you might not find elsewhere locally. On Saturday it was the turn of the village...

Thanks Sheal and redstar.

If the rhizomes are big get yourself some buckets from wickes or B&Q and pot them up in multi purpose compost and put them in the GH. If the rhizomes are smaller pot up into small pots with multi purpose compost and place in a windowsill. There is a fantastic thread on here Canna 2016

Thought I would give this a bump

I have just finished lifting my Dahlias and oh boy the corms have they been busy expanding. I already have a "hedge" of them and am now inundated. I have been growing these Dahlias for over 25 years and now have far too many. If anybody would like some please let me know. I am happy to give some...

The list is now open here is a link,

I sow wild flower seeds, so I don't have any weeds, just some grow in the wrong places, so they get pulled up. I never spray as this could harm the good stuff, though I've never tried using vinegar as a weed killer.

The house I'm in was built in the 1930s. I've never came across any builder's rubble while digging in the back garden so either it's buried very deeply or my grandparents did a lot to improve the ground. There's at least 2 feet in depth of good topsoil, because the guys who put my fence up...

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Don't you have toilets where you live? Weirdo's