General Gardening Discussion

Thanks @KFF Although listed as a perennial they certainly don't survive in our garden even when planted in a sheltered spot We have even tried them alongside a West facing fence in amongst perennial grasses but as they aren't cold tolerant much below 35F, even with a mulch, it's better to...

My Gardening Express order hasn't moved from two weeks ago. Luckily I'm in no hurry for the plants.I've ordered lots of plants from Ebay sellers and I've never been let down with quality or speed of delivery. My Elephant Ears Black Magic turned up in two days and is looking great.

The garden looks really bad at the moment. Being away so much over the last two months, the lawnmower breaking down 2 weeks ago halfway through the cut, and then a couple of frosts (hard work scraping the car clear at 9am on Sunday)....Yesterday, when I had a bit of spare muscle - aka hubby -...

Very similar colour too the SPs I grow. These are Charlies Angels ( which I could not get this year) and Our Harry. Both very good performers with lovely colour.

Ivy grows really well here too shiney, good job I love it @luciusmaximus, the entire border, length wise is damson and elderberries and at the bottom is a sycamore and hawthorn, as well as the biggest conifer I've ever seen in the neighbouring property. So it's really shaded already. I want it...

Hope this is the right place for some hanging basket tips (if not, where is?). 2 years ago I had a nice cone basket made up before my very eyes by one of the staff at Dobbies. I watched & listened very carefully as he explained what he was doing, thinking that every Spring I can reuse the basket...

Back in the early spring of 2018, while sorting out a rather neglected area in our new garden, I came across a clump of what I suspected were daylilies, buried under various other plants. So I carefully lifted and potted them, grew them on and then planted them out in one of our newly created...

@CarolineL Yes they are scented, a slight honeyed scent. It's easier to pick up on the pot grown ones in the greenhouse. Less air movement and a bit warmer. At this time of year the outdoor ones can get battered with the weather. The C laevigatus does better with the weather, being a bit smaller...

I am not a Fuchsia grower but has anyone any ideas for @cindy in her post here fuschsia gone wrong

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...

Salvia corrugataSalvia miniata Salvia coccineaSalvia atrocyanea Salvia "Amistad"

Thanks mike that's very kind of you but i tend to stick with F1 plants these days they done me proud up to now

Naughty is my middle name, Caroline And, besides, you know you really need to go to the Nursery, walk around, see those lovely plants (that you really, really need), and not buy them.

3 of the same variety for me Woo. I like groups of one colour, type, etc. Should look good

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...

This is great thanks very much. Often wondered what the weeds in my garden were

Cool