General Gardening Discussion

I ordered 2 artichoke plants from the Victorian Garden Nursery last week. One arrived yesterday, the other to follow next month. The plant is battered and bruised from being banged around inside the packaging. Hopefully it will survive. It needs to be potted up and given some TLC before being...

I've never been especially impressed with flowering currants. I've always thought if you going to grow a currant bush, you might as well grow one that will give you juicy currants.Today while walking in the woods we saw a flowering currant bush. It is probably a garden escape because it was...

Hey everyone,Just wanted to check what people have generally found to be the best mix for their pots indoors all year? (Not general purpose compost)I generally overwater things in winter so decided to try and make something that is very well draining but also holds water and nutrients...

Says me -- as I hide behind a privet Bush

Ok, it's ant, not plant. But this reminded me of the song about the ant that moved the rubber tree plantCheck out the pure determination of this weed. The location is concrete for several metres all around, and the bags of compost are unopened. One bag has a tiny hole in it. The bags have been...

Hi all, I am new to the forum, please be gentle. I use the Evergreen Lawn Weed and Feed and have then used a machine a couple of times to rake my lawn using tines. I have now dark patches of dead moss. What are my best next steps please? Is it to intensley make sure I removed all the dead moss,...

I don't know if anyone is interested but thought some might like to know what is suggested to do in November here ... November in the Garden

Hi everyone, I've got a couple of pots labelled as "echinops the giant" which i grew from seed, obviously they're scabiosa stellata sternkugel which is fantastic as I've tried to grow them before without success, I'm just wondering if i pop them in the ground now will they self seed and return...

Given the hot dry weather we are currently "enjoying" don't forget to water the Camellias, Rhododendrons and Azaleas if you want flowers next year. This is the time of year they form flower buds for next year and if they get too dry the buds either abort or don't form. Also these are fairly...

I wonder how many people have actually grown the new Buddleja hybrids that are currently in the catalogues. I have been growing 'Rocketstar', 'Flutterby', 'Dreaming' and quite a few others. For the most part, they are awful. Poor performance and often lacking in any disease resistance.For...

Do Tropaeolum majus, long trailing and climbing nasturtiums, and Tropaeolum minus, short nasturtiums, hybridise/interbreed?I ask for two main reasons. The first is it might be interesting to get the colours and forms of the short nasturtiums in a big seven foot climbing nasturtium. The...

Hello allI hope you are well.I am looking for a Plant to fill in a Gap in my Border.I have Posted a Photo and more details in the 'My Garden Progress' Thread, here:My Garden ProgressAny suggestions would be welcome.Thanks in advanceKevin

Bought a replacement for my dead agastache red fortune, and...

Hi everyone, this year has been about trying out old seed and growing plants I've never grown before one being gladioli. I planted 20 bulbs in a raised bed in a carefully worked out pattern and from what I'm seeing I'm presuming they wander a bit, is that right?

Hello! I'm after recommendations. I've got a very narrow strip of gravel at the edge of some decking. The neighbours fence replacement was a slimmer construction so I gained a couple of inches. Any recommendations for little plants that seed in gravel (like Erigeron would), but the catch being...

Hi,We purchased a couple of these nice looking little Acers from B&M but not sure how best to grow them.Each plant has two main shoots which have been deliberately stopped to give a good looking canopy on such a young plant.However many larger Acers we have seen are single stemmed, so...

Hi,Just looking for some last minute plants and found that Suttons had them and also free delivery this Weekend saving £5.99 on most plant orders.

HelloWe have a row of 6 established apple trees (20 plus years).each have gaps of about 3 meters and producing a lot of fruit. We are looking at what we can potentially plant between them we ideally would like to introduce fruit bushes but don’t want to cause any issues to the trees.

I have inherited what I'm told is a crab apple tree. From my view I would say it could benefit with a pruning. Would I be right? And if so, just where would I start with this tree?

Hello!The garden of our new house is wraparound, and the lawn is to the side and front of the house. The fencing here is a low picket fence, and so I would like to make a new bed and choose some planting to make the garden a bit more private. I don't need full screening (no bamboo!! We had to...