General Gardening Discussion

Cosmos called candy stripes, it fades as it matures and can be any pink colour.

I do like the black one with a hint of blue - Black suited they are all nice though .

Over wintered in the greenhouse and the two Callibrchoa survived and are now flowering well.Cherry Ripple petunias, Dichondra Silver Falls from seedlings found in the greenhouse.

I know I shouldn't have picked up on this thread! It's very catching this Day Lily theme ,

I pinch out after 4 sets of leaves, in fact just did it a couple of days ago. I actually plant my SPs out in early April, so maybe in a week or so.

I have just had some species gladiolus seed start to germinate, along with Hesperanatha (Schizostylis ) coccinea, Freesia leichtlini and Hesperantha vaginata. These have been in a propagator on the bottom shelf of some greenhouse staging covered with some fleece to keep the sun off for about a...

I can’t help you with the ‘rust’ (?), but I do think they do much better outside, with the fresh air.

Gladiolus candidus.

There must be a secure way of getting in touch privately? Will look into it.

Hello Everyone. I would like a garden with rooms. I want to grow lots of veg but if anyone visits all they can see are different heights of flowers. A windy path maybe. Some trellis. Pergola. Raised beds hiding behind taller plants. Seating area would be nice. It all looks very nice in my head...

Iris reticulata "pauline" bought these as my neighbour is name Pauline bought 50 and gave her 20.Brugmansia suaveolens as I think I've mentioned before I just seem to have a craving for white at the moment. It was a bit battered when it arrived but has picked up well.

Sorry to hear that Mike

@CarolineL Salvias, heucheras, geraniums and hemerocallis all have so many very similar varieties; maybe that's one reason why I like species, I can generally tell the difference between them.

Thanks @ricky101 under £8 So should be ok there, I'll email the seller and ask if they are restricted.

Thanks, will check them out.

I thought you might like to see this @Fat Controller. I was talking to my neighbour yesterday who's shed below is right on my boundary as he used to own my plot. He wants to do some minor repairs and give it a coat of preservative soon. Although the roof has been replaced at some point the...

Brilliant thread. Having moved home last year I thought my Dahlia tubers had got lost but I stumbled across them the other day. I pulled a couple out of one large pot to see if they were ok and they seemed fine (see below) One had new shoots growing. I'm not confident enough to separate them...

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...

my friend seems to be having a problem with buttercup weeds in her lawn, how can she get rid of it ? Without damaging the lawn

It's coming on a treat Kristen despite the occasional hiccup. What amazes me with the bigger projects of yours is how this all comes together in your mind. Do you actually manage to sleep at night?

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