General Gardening Discussion

It's a good sized garden here alright so can't complain and plenty of horse manure next door to help the plants along. Just need to clean out the girlfriend's stables to get barrow fulls of it. Bit too much lawn area for my liking but the girlfriend is fairly insistent on having some and her Da...

Now then. So we have opened up a bit about our books etc. Now then. I am approaching a kind of special time of the gardening year to me. I wonder if anyone cares to share their thoughts, experiences and memories. To help set the scene. For those who have perhaps lived through an era, and...

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.

Thanks Mike. I've grown a lot of Lobelia in the past so these shouldn't be a problem.

Just in case anyone is interested. 'Fuchsias a colour guide' By George Bartlett. ISBN.1-85223-999-9.Covers over 2000 cultvars and has more than 700 colour photos. IMO a book well worth owning.

Gladiolus candidus.

You have a lovely collection Nigel.

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...

The day has come. It's still November and the days are getting shorter, but one can always plan ahead and buy seeds and pots The pots will get a gentle sanding and a lick of matte white paint. The cylindrical one is for a very top heavy pillar cactus, I'll half fill it with stones and...

Not today but tomorrow, I am finally going to power wash my drive. Yesterday I did all the weeds so today is my rest day as the back was a little achy! First time using the power washer so very excited to see all the dirt just disappear!

@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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