General Gardening Discussion

Back from a quick visit to the beach, rabbits, foxes, stoats and birds animated the scene en route. As always relaxing and therapeutic Excellent, comprehensive info from ARMANDII above. A pool needs time to settle, for the balance of planting and animal life to be established. Not quite as...

Dahlia 'Grenadier':

Salvia patens............ Salvia patens by longk48, on Flickr

Went to B&Q ang got these bargains.That's 20 strawberry plants for £4. I need to replace my old plants this year too.

Sisyrinchium californicum............. Sisyrinchium californicum by longk48, on Flickr

I bought Fuchsia 'Insulinde' a few eeks ago and it has romped away in the recent warm weather. Quite a new introduction this looks to have the potential to become the best of the Triphylla group. The flowers are large and it reportedly grows to three or four feet in height.............. Fuchsia...

Perhaps more folk should try leaving their dahlias in the ground! Prob more damage ....rotting, etc....caused by digging up tubers and exposing them to the elements!

Good deep sandy loam around 7 on the PH scale here. Front garden is very draining; back garden has better soil and holds moisture pretty well because of the huge amounts of compost and manure added over the years. Warm, sunny walled garden not far from the coast. Can grow wide range of...

Did they have enough room for the common names? Some of them have a dozen or more!

@Linz we have a Morrisons not far from we and only last week they was selling fuschias in white or red at a £1...my hubby wanted to get some, as they've always got good offers on...shame really for such as yourself

The problem with Buttercups is that they are very pretty for a short time and then they start spreading like mad. They can very quickly take over an area.A year ago, I prepared a derelict piece of my garden and then laid 50 sq' M of wild flower meadow. It grew and I have had a fantastic show...

I couldn't help posting these photos I took last week!

Hi @Verdun I know it will be a touch taller but they look lovely and since getting back and looking them up on the net i'm glad we had them...the testacea my hubby clocked so they should look nice...thanks also for mentioning them The carex Comans they had them there but Verdun no more, as my...

You've grown me into seeds Too much to list really, Highlights include;about 20 different species of Salvia 2 Lilium species Cleome Vestia foetida several Iris species Bulbine frutescens Canna species several Eucomis species (I'm intrigued by the idea of cross pollination on...

Agree - ive only just read thru this thread all 29 pages so apologies to any of the GC members ...many of whom i had no idea of, BTW it's been nice meeting up with you ....who are getting lots of late thread "LERT'S" from me ...Its been lovely reading thru lots of fun and banter and of course...

Beautiful arrangements Mrs Shiney and congratulations on getting two firsts.I love what you've done with the flowers, seed heads and foliage from your garden. I buy plants for my garden with an eye to how they harmonise with their neighbours and I grow flowers in a cutting patch so I always...

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

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