General Gardening Discussion

I went to Keukenhof about 40 years ago and all I can remember is that it was very busy!

The B&Q in Carmarthen is relocating, and reducing lots of stuff. My partner was there and took a photo of the available summer bulbs etc, all down to 50p each. I looked at it and said "white lilies and dahlia David Howard please". Unfortunately to non-gardeners, if the pack says "spider lily"...

All I’ve done today is put the fleece back on the tree fern trunk and in its crown in advance of near freezing temperatures tonight. So far only two fronds have been blackened by frost, the youngest ones which were the last to appear.

wood avens root is edible and was used as a clove substitute. thats all i know about it beyond it being everywhere here

Dahlia merkii and D coccinea died back in September/October, my hybrid dahlias died back in November. However in the garden D excelsa, D campanulata are still in good green leaf although flowers finished, but D imperialis is defoliated and partially blackened. In the cold greenhouse D...

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Least youl be able to tell Michael where he has put them , thats if you dont forget pete

@adamadamant I understand the attraction, and it fits the wider Jurassic theme

Another factor in my problem is a thin, shallow, gritty soil with a compacted shale layer only a spades depth below the surface. It puddles in wet weather and it is like watering a sieve in hot dry weather. When I first moved here 20 years ago I planted fruit trees etc. but almost every year we...

Hello @Kevin Cowans no worries my friendBuy Lonicera x heckrottii Gold Flame (syn American Beauty) Honeysuckle in the UK

Yes, that's right but you can use it for fewer. We use one layer for tomatoes and then pot on all the ones that look good and once we have got enough for what we want/need we then sell or give away the rest.We do the same for chillies as our plants are very popular and can sell all we...

Sorry to hear that.

stormy pink - from Great DixterJenny namaste

I've had difficulty sourcing decent sized bush fuchsias but fortunately my cuttings are coming on space and should be a good size by the autumn

There are no long technical treatises on how to do anything connected with gardening but his comments still ring true today. He had a childlike wonder of nature which my grandfather had and instilled in me as a child, something I seem to have passed on to my daughter happily, and a naughty sense...

You need them all! I need them all! They're magnificent aren't they?

Yep similar experience for me to. Replaced some alliums that were wrong with no quibble. Didn’t know they were the incorrect bulbs (labelled correctly) until they bloomed, made for a rather odd display.

These are the ones I have here -

Yes, I am not sure why, this dark brown strip of well cured earth, that razor’s edge, are among my favourite sights in the garden. Perhaps because they are such clear(cut) indications of love's labour's found.I have now had these metal edges for three years and am happy to report that they...

First bloom of the year!! In June! Beautiful Tricolour

Hi everyonejust bumping the thread as it has lots of pictures which I need to identify my daylilys as I had a magpie that pulled off the name tags even the ones 3/4 buried in the soil.Spruce

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...

I would say the lower flowers with those green wings and singular bumps as styles suggests a dock. Docks are monoecious meaning they have both male and female flowers seperately, I would hazard to say the lower ones are female and upper ones male, if you open up some and look for anthers without...

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